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1、AComparisonofColorWordsbetweenChineseandEnglishCultureItisthebrightandcolorfulnaturewhichprovidestheplaceforlifeandthefoundationfordeveloping.Colorisapresentfromnaturetohuman.Theredsun,bluesky,greengrassland,everythinghasitscolor.Wecannotimaginewhattheworldwouldbeifther
2、eisnocolorofgreatvariety.Fromancienttimestothepresent,withthedevelopmentofthesocial,thenumbersofcolorwordsbecomemoreandmore.Theresearchersfindthatamongallthelanguages,elevenbasiccolortermsarerecognized:white,black,red,green,yellow,blue,brown,purple,pink,orangeandgrey.Ge
3、nerallyspeaking,eachlanguageatleasthastwocolorterms:blackandwhite.(Jhon.H.Bodley,1999:173)Inhumanlanguage,thesymbolicsignificanceswhichcolorwordsstandforarerichandvaried.Thecolorwordsnotonlyhavethefunctionofaestheticfeeling,butalsohavethefunctionofinformation.Althoughso
4、menationshavesamefeelingstosomecolors,buteachnationalsohavetheirspecialviewstocolors.Thesymbolicsignificanceofvariouscolorwordsindifferentlanguagesoftendifferalotinfeature,someofwhichevenarouseadvocatingandtaboos.Soweshouldnotonlynoticetheirbasicmeanings,butalsoundersta
5、ndtheirsymbolicsignificances. 1.TheColorfulCulturesintheWorldColorplaysanimportantpartintheculture.Almosteverythingcanbedescribedwithcolorwords,includingeconomy,political,culture,emotion…Forexample,ineconomicallife;thecolorwordsarevastlyused.Therearegreatnumberofphrases
6、andfixedusageswhichrelatetocolorineconomicalglossary.Redisalwaysrelatedtodebtorbankrupt;blackmoneymeansthemoneywithwrongsource,blackmarketmeansexchangingthingswhichthegovernmentforbiddenoramarketwhichdoingillegalspeculated.Blue-chiprateisBritishfavorablecreditrate.In#En
7、gland,greenbackequaltoAmericandollarsfortheothersideofthedollarisgreen….(包惠南,2004:181)Colorhadgonedeepintohumans’life. 1.1ColorandFlagAccordingtotheinvestigation，43%flagsusethecolorofgreentoshowthevigorousness,vitalityandpeace;40%flagsuseyellowtosymbolizerightsandglorie
8、s,andalmostallofthecommunismcountriesuseredintheirflagswhichstandforvictoryandrevolution.Therearesixkindsofcol
