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1、CulturalDifferencesbetweenEnglishandChineseColorWords1.IntroductionIthasbeenrecognizedthatlanguageisanessentialandimportantpartofagivencultureandthattheimpactofcultureuponagivenlanguageissomethingintrinsicandindispensable.Ontheonehand,languageasanintegralpartofhumanbeing,permeatesh
2、isthinkingandwayofviewingtheworld,languagebothexpressesandembodiesculturalreality.Ontheother,language,asaproductofculture,helpstoperpetuatetheculture,andthechangesinlanguageusesreflecttheculturalchangesinreturn.Asasmallcomponentpartoflanguage,colorwordshavetheirownuniquecharacteris
3、ticsanddifferentmeaningsindifferentculture.Differentnationsalwaysenduewordswithmeaningsoftheirownnationalculture.Asaresult,therearecertaindifferenceswhendifferentnationalpeopleusecolorwordsinlanguage.McLuhancharacterizedtoday’sworldasa“globalvillage”becauseoftherapidexpansionofworl
4、dwidetransportationandcommunicationnetwork.Inordertounderstandothernations’culturesandimprovethecross-culturecommunication,itisnecessarytodiscuss,understandandstudytheculturaldifferencesbetweenEnglishandChinesecolorwords.Atthesametime,itcanimproveourabilityanddobetterinpracticeoftr
5、anslation.ThispaperconcretelydiscussestheculturaldifferencesbetweenEnglishandChinesecolorwordsbythecomparisonofthetwolanguages.Thewholepaperisdividedintofiveparts.Inthefirstpart,itanalyzesthereasonsthatcausethedifferencesbetweenEnglishandChinesecolorwords.Inthesecondpart,itintroduc
6、esthedifferentclassificationsofcolorsinEnglishandChinese.Next,thepaperdiscusseswhateffectcolorwordsmakeinEnglishandChineseliteraryworks.Thenthereisacontrastiveanalysisbygivingexamplesaboutdifferentcolorsofthetwolanguages.Atlast,itsumsupthattheimportanceofknowingandstudyingthecultur
7、aldifferences.Fromthispaper,wecanknowthattherearekindsofculturesindifferentnationsintheworld;we15alsocanlearnthatcolorterm,asapartoflanguage,expressesdifferentmeaningsindifferentcultures.What’smore,wecanrealizehowtomakeasuccessfulcommunicationandhowtobegoodlanguagelearners.152.Caus
8、esfortheDifferencesBetween