资源描述:
《cultural differences between english and chinese color words 英语专业大学论文.doc》由会员上传分享,免费在线阅读,更多相关内容在学术论文-天天文库。
1、CulturalDifferencesbetweenEnglishandChineseColorWords1.IntroductionIthasbeenrecognizedthatlanguageisanessentialandimportantpartofagivencultureandthattheimpactofcultureuponagivenlanguageissomethingintrinsicandindispensable.Ontheonehand,languageasaninteg
2、ralpartofhumanbeing,permeateshisthinkingandwayofviewingtheworld,languagebothexpressesandembodiesculturalreality.Ontheother,language,asaproductofculture,helpstoperpetuatetheculture,andthechangesinlanguageusesreflecttheculturalchangesinreturn.Asasmallcom
3、ponentpartoflanguage,colorwordshavetheirownuniquecharacteristicsanddifferentmeaningsindifferentculture.Differentnationsalwaysenduewordswithmeaningsoftheirownnationalculture.Asaresult,therearecertaindifferenceswhendifferentnationalpeopleusecolorwordsinl
4、anguage.McLuhancharacterizedtoday’sworldasa“globalvillage”becauseoftherapidexpansionofworldwidetransportationandcommunicationnetwork.Inordertounderstandothernations’culturesandimprovethecross-culturecommunication,itisnecessarytodiscuss,understandandstu
5、dytheculturaldifferencesbetweenEnglishandChinesecolorwords.Atthesametime,itcanimproveourabilityanddobetterinpracticeoftranslation.ThispaperconcretelydiscussestheculturaldifferencesbetweenEnglishandChinesecolorwordsbythecomparisonofthetwolanguages.Thewh
6、olepaperisdividedintofiveparts.Inthefirstpart,itanalyzesthereasonsthatcausethedifferencesbetweenEnglishandChinesecolorwords.Inthesecondpart,itintroducesthedifferentclassificationsofcolorsinEnglishandChinese.Next,thepaperdiscusseswhateffectcolorwordsmak
7、einEnglishandChineseliteraryworks.Thenthereisacontrastiveanalysisbygivingexamplesaboutdifferentcolorsofthetwolanguages.Atlast,itsumsupthattheimportanceofknowingandstudyingtheculturaldifferences.Fromthispaper,wecanknowthattherearekindsofculturesindiffer
8、entnationsintheworld;we15alsocanlearnthatcolorterm,asapartoflanguage,expressesdifferentmeaningsindifferentcultures.What’smore,wecanrealizehowtomakeasuccessfulcommunicationandhowtobegoodlanguagelearners.152.CausesfortheDifferencesBetween