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1、TheDifferenceofColorinChineseandEnglishandtheCauseoftheDifferenceBackgroundThoughcolorisfewinnumber,tothelargeextent,itdemonstratesthedifferenceoftheconnotationofdifferentlanguageandculture.Thus,topeoplebelongtodifferentculture,colorcausesdifferentassociat
2、ivemeanings,andtheconnotationmeaningsofcolorsarenotdefinitelythesame,whichcausesthedifferenceindifferentcultureandlanguageinusingcolorwords.Tothepracticalapplicationofcolorwords,accordingtoPalmer(1984[1976]:75),anylanguage,evenifithasthesimilarcolorcodewit
3、hotherlanguage,butowningtotheinfluenceofculture,thecontentsitindicatingaredifferentfromeachother.ThisresearchpaperisgoingtodiscussthematterofthedifferenceoftheassociativemeaningofcolorbothinChineseandinEnglishthroughmethodofcomparisonandcontrastofthefreque
4、ntlyusedcolorwordsofred,yellow,blue,green,white,andblack,andthereasonsofthethesedifference.LiteratureReviewManyresearcharticlesandbookscontrastandcomparethedifferenceofthecolorwordsinChineseandinEnglish,andsomeofthemgivethereasonofwhythesedifferencesarefor
5、med[XieandZhang,2004;Mu,2010;Liang,2004;Qing,2003;Zhou,2002;ZhouandZhang,2002;Zhang,1999;Heider,1971;KayandChad,1978;Maclaury,1991;]however,nearlyallthesebooksjustsaidthereasonswhichcausesthedifferencesofcolorwordsareculturebelongingtodifferentsocialcommun
6、itiesingeneral.Whatthesebooksfailedtodoistofocusonthespecificreasonsonwhatpartofcultureofasocialcommunityandthespecificreasonsofpeopleorwhatnotthatinfluencetheformationofthesedifference.Tofindoutthereasonsoftheformationofthedifference,Mu(2010)comparedandco
7、ntrastedthecolorwords,especiallythefrequentlyusedcolorwordsrespectively,andanalyzedgenerallyontherespectofculture.WhileLi(2003)justtrappedinthestudyoffrequentlyusedcolorsandthestudyofpeople’spreferenceofusingcolorwords.Andstudiesofcolorwordsaremostlyviaill
8、ustrationandlackofsystematicalexploitationandanalysisofthecolorwords.Besides,Zhou(2002)collectedlargeamountoflanguagematerialsaboutcoloranddiscussedthedifferentfunctionsoftheusageofcolorwordsinbothChineseandE