Domestication Review of Related Theories
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e Fictional character: a person in a novel, play, or film who is related to fiction,
works of imagination; f
Legal system: rules to conduct inherent in human nature and essential in binding the human society;
g Local institution: an organization that helps or serves people in a certain area
health, education, work, political, administrative, religious, artistic, etc. h
Measuring system: units used in the determination of the size, weight, speed, length, etc.;
i Food and drink: any solid or liquid substance that is used by human beings as
a source of nourishment; j
Scholastic reference: related to school or studying; k
Religious celebration: to do something special to mark a religious occasion; l
Dialect: user-related variation, which determines speaker‟s status as regards social class, age, sex, education, etc.
The second classification is taken from Zare- Behtash and Firoozkoohi‟s
journal. They sort out the classification just the same as Espindola and Vasconcellos except religious celebration, scholastic reference, local institution,
and legal system. They are replaced with date, costume and clothes, and idiom. According to Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary, date is a particular
day of the month stated in numbers or words. Besides, date is not only refers to particular day, it also refers a time in the past or future 2000: 318. In conclusion,
date as the categorization of culture-related terms covers any time in the whole entire universe, it can be date, day, month, year, or era.
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Meanwhile, as stated in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, clothes are
things which is worn to cover someone‟s body or to keep the body warm 2011: 306. In the meantime, still from the same dictionary, costumes are
defined as clothes which are usually worn by an actor or someone to make them look like something they pretend to be, such as animal, famous person, plants, etc
2011: 382. In short, costume and clothes depicted by Zare-Behtash and Firoozkoohi are things that someone wears to cover him or her body or things to
make him or her look like someone else. Lastly, as mentioned in Longman Dictionary of English Language and
Culture, the first definition of idiom is a phrase which has different meaning from the words which are formed. The second is a typical expression of a person or a