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1、TheDifferenceofColorinChineseandEnglishandtheCauseoftheDifferenceBackgroundThoughcolorisfewinnumber,tothelargeextent,itdemonstratesthedifferenceoftheconnotationofdifferentlanguageandculture.Thus,topeoplebelongtodifferentculture,colorcausesdifferentas
2、sociativemeanings,andtheconnotationmeaningsofcolorsarenotdefinitelythesame,whichcausesthedifferenceindifferentcultureandlanguageinusingcolorwords.Tothepracticalapplicationofcolorwords,accordingtoPalmer(1984[1976]:75),anylanguage,evenifithasthesimilar
3、colorcodewithotherlanguage,butowningtotheinfluenceofculture,thecontentsitindicatingaredifferentfromeachother.ThisresearchpaperisgoingtodiscussthematterofthedifferenceoftheassociativemeaningofcolorbothinChineseandinEnglishthroughmethodofcomparisonandc
4、ontrastofthefrequentlyusedcolorwordsofred,yellow,blue,green,white,andblack,andthereasonsofthethesedifference.LiteratureReviewManyresearcharticlesandbookscontrastandcomparethedifferenceofthecolorwordsinChineseandinEnglish,andsomeofthemgivethereasonofw
5、hythesedifferencesareformed[XieandZhang,2004;Mu,2010;Liang,2004;Qing,2003;Zhou,2002;ZhouandZhang,2002;Zhang,1999;Heider,1971;KayandChad,1978;Maclaury,1991;]however,nearlyallthesebooksjustsaidthereasonswhichcausesthedifferencesofcolorwordsareculturebe
6、longingtodifferentsocialcommunitiesingeneral.Whatthesebooksfailedtodoistofocusonthespecificreasonsonwhatpartofcultureofasocialcommunityandthespecificreasonsofpeopleorwhatnotthatinfluencetheformationofthesedifference.Tofindoutthereasonsoftheformationo
7、fthedifference,Mu(2010)comparedandcontrastedthecolorwords,especiallythefrequentlyusedcolorwordsrespectively,andanalyzedgenerallyontherespectofculture.WhileLi(2003)justtrappedinthestudyoffrequentlyusedcolorsandthestudyofpeople’spreferenceofusingcolorw
8、ords.Andstudiesofcolorwordsaremostlyviaillustrationandlackofsystematicalexploitationandanalysisofthecolorwords.Besides,Zhou(2002)collectedlargeamountoflanguagematerialsaboutcoloranddiscussedthedifferentfunctionsoftheusageofcolorwordsinbothChineseandE