语言是文化的载体,否定是英汉两种语言最常见的语言现象之一,传承着一定的文化内涵。受民情风俗、思维方式等因素的影响,在英汉两种语言中,在相同的场景中,英、汉两种语言否定语用表达有所不同。本文从中西文化对比的角度,对英汉语言中否定表达的文化内涵进行对比分析并揭示其形成的社会文化因素,对跨文化交际具有积极的指导意义。 Language is the carrier of culture. Negation is one of the most common linguistic phenomena in English and Chinese and inherits certain cultural connotations. Affected by folk customs, ways of thinking and other factors, in English and Chinese, in the same scenario, the English and Chinese deny pragmatic expressions are different. This paper analyzes the cultural connotation of the negative expression in English and Chinese from the perspective of the contrast between Chinese and Western culture and reveals the social and cultural factors that form the negative and has a positive guiding significance for intercultural communication.