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1、OnChineseandEnglishCulturalDifferencesReflectedintheColorwords从颜色词上浅谈中英文化差异摘要我们生活在五彩缤纷、五颜六色的世界中,颜色的多样性造成了与之相对应的颜色词的丰富多彩。颜色词除了可以表示最基本的大自然绚丽色彩的意义以外,在某种程度上也体现了人类的一些价值观和审美观。在这种情况下,颜色词已不单纯是表示客观颜色的本身意义了,而是被赋予了不同的象征意义,而不同文化背景的人们对颜色的感知和审美体验是同中有异,异中有同。本文将选取几个典型的颜色词来分
2、析颜色词在中英文化中所存在的共性和差异性,探讨形成这种差异性的各种原因。关键词:颜色词联想意义文化差异跨文化交际AbstractAsweliveinacolorfulworld,thediversityofcolorsresultsinthediversityoftheequivalentcolorterms.Apartfromexpressingthemostbasiccolorsinthenature,colors,tosomeextent,representsomevaluesandaestheticso
3、fthemankind.Inthiscase,colortermsnolongermerelyexpressthedesignativemeaningoftheobjectivecolors.Theyaregivendifferentsymbolicmeanings.Peoplewithdifferentculturalbackgroundhavedifferentperceptionsandaestheticexperienceaboutcolors,inwhichsimilaritiescanbefound
4、.ThispaperwillselectafewtypicalcolortermstoanalyzethesimilaritiesanddifferencesofcolortermsinChineseandEnglishcultures,discussvariousreasonsforthesesimilarities.Keywords:colortermsassociativemeaningculturaldifferencescross-culturalcommunicationChapterⅠIntrod
5、uctionColorandhumanlife,humancognitionoftheworldisanimportantfield.Colornotonlyhasphysicalproperties,butalsohasrichculturalconnotationandextensionofsignificance,andsoarethelanguage,cultureandtranslationinthestudyofanimportantsubject.Thelanguagesofthepeopleof
6、theworldarenotthesame,theexpressionofcolor,thecolorwordsinawayreflectsthedifferenceofChinesecultureandEnglishculture.UnderstandingofEnglishandChineseculturebackgroundknowledge,masterlyusingthevocabularyofcolorinthetwolanguagesofthedeepconnotationandmeaningfo
7、rEnglishlearnerstocross-culturalcommunicationandtranslationpracticehaspracticalmeaning.ThisarticlewoulddiscusstheculturaldifferencesofEnglishandChinesecolorwordsandtheformationofthereasonsforthedifferences.ChapterⅡThedifferentconnotationofcolorwordsinChinese
8、andEnglishcultureInthewest,therearelotsofcolorwords,andthemosttypicalsignificanceiswhite(白色),red(红色),yellow(黄色).ThesecolorwordsinEnglishandChinesecultureexpressedintheintendedandmeaningofthispro