The data of this paper are the eight most frequently used peer kinship terms chosen from Hong Lou Meng (the first 56 chapters) and their corresponding English renditions in the three English versions, which are translated by H.

On "The Cultural Differences" of Kinship Terms:The Comparison of Chinese,English and Uygur Aspects;

A Comparative Study of Cultural Differences of Kinship Terms between English and Chinese;

Kinship terms are not only a common linguistic pheomenon,but also a universal social and cultural phenomenon.

The appellation of the relatives is one of the subject gathers in the glossary system.

Being a dialect in the south of Hunan Province, the appellation of the relatives in the Nanxiang Town, Xintian County of Hunan Province can be roughly categorized into "elders", "of the same generation", "later generation" and other.

And it reveals that "Shushu"is not only the appellation of relatives,but also frequently is the appellation of society.

Discussing the unique features of appellation of relatives in Shidong dialect of North Dong languag

The kinship terms of Zongjia people are descriptive kinship terms which takes oneself as a centre,Zongjia people not only divedes into oneself generation,father generation and son generation but also calculates the descents,according to the both sides of father and mother,kinship group of Zongjia people is composed of lineality or the kinship of father and mother.

Through mo dern language, one can probe into the course of history, especially kinship term s and fixed phrases of the ethnic language, and their ample and deep cultural co nnotation.

Kinship term is a kind of language phenomenon.