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1、LanguageandCulture.chapter1doeslanguageshapecultureordoescultureshapelanguage?inmyvieirror,infrontofajoringinchineseasaforeignlanguage,i’dliketotakethisadvantagetodiscusstheculturaldifferencesbetgoingtoelaborateontheculturaldifferencesreflectingincolors.€,LUv$eBG:61:F[州学习语言教育语言学.g
2、zU521.]€,LUv$eBG:61:Ftherearemanycoloronusagesofthecoloreans"slightly…"e.g.,ixtureofthecolor.theformerstandsforthemaincolor,odification.e.g.,redgreen;greenyelloethingixedformadesignandcolor.e.g.,thedogisblackandayconveydifferentmessagestopeopleofdifferentcultures.duetotherespectiv
3、eculturalbackgroundandtradition,somephrasescontainingcoloreanings,formingdifferentconnotations.ean?ifheisinabluemood,oodishein?ishehappy,sad,oreanjustthecolor.eachhasadditionalmeanings-certainculturalassociations-thatarehiddenbehindthepleisto“rollouttheredcarpetforsomeone”,meaning
4、togiveahospitableandformalreception.similarly,chinesepeopletraditionallycutredcoupletsandappliquetocelebrateoccasionslikeoustrademark“doubleredhappiness”(红双喜)bolicofgoodfortune.redisalsoassociatedotions.letusseeafeples.heclenchedhisfistandbarrassingquestion.icanseethatheisredyerem
5、entionofhisenemy’snameislike.inthesentencesabove,eaningofsome,forthereisanchineseequivalent，barrassment,asitdoesinchinese脸红.buteaningofseeredandermeanstobeeveryangryeanstocausequickangerinsomebodybydoingsomethingoffensive.“governmentpolicyininterestrates,andonfinancegenerally,hasb
6、eenmarkedbyvacillation,ostshamefultypetoodatetheredneckeconomicsofthenationalcountryparty.(harsardaug.271981)”intheexampleabove,“redneck”isusedasanadjective,meaning“reactionary”.“redneckery”derivingfrom“redneck”refersto“reactionaryattitudes”.forinstance,“...theredneckeryofthequeen
7、landgovernment...(garththeimabcbooksandeaningof“redneck”isred-neck.hoeant(ame)southernfarmersofu.s.a.,usuallycarryingaderogatorymeaning.noeaningof“redneck”,hassomethingtodople.“ironically,itillionsofaustraliansdonnedrednosestosupportresearchintosuddeninfantdeathsyndrome.(neadeford
8、onationsforresearchintosuddeninfa
