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1、DiscussionabouttheCulturalandSemanticDifferenceofColorWordsBetweenChineseandEnglishIntroductionLanguageisapartofculture.ThedifferencesbetweentheChinesecultureandtheWesterncultureareinevitablebecauseofthedivergencesamongsociety,history,geography,nationality,literatureart,religio
2、n,conventionetc,whichresultinthedivergenceoftheunderstandingandusageofcolorwordsbetweenEnglishandChinese.However,everyonehashisorheraestheticsentiment.ItcouldbeasignificantquestiontorecognizethesedivergencesofculturallanguageinordertostudyorgraspEnglishlanguageandfacilitatetheS
3、ino-Westunderstandingandcommunication.Asweallknow,differentcountrieshavedifferentcultures.Cultureisthecollectiveprogrammingofthemindwhichdistinguishesthemembersofonecategoryofpeoplefromanother.Colorisconsideredoneofthemostusefulandpowerfuldesigntoolsyouhave.Peoplerespondtodiffe
4、rentcolorsindifferentways,andtheseresponsestakeplaceonasubconscious,emotionallevel.InAmericanculture,blackhaslongbeenassociatedwithdeath,whilewhiteisbelievedtosignifylifeandpurity.IntheOrient,however,white isthetraditionalcolorofmourning.IntheUnitedStates,blackhasalsocometosugg
5、estsophisticationandformality.Americansgenerallyassociatetrustastabilitywiththecolorblue,while Koreanshavethisreactiontopinkandotherpastelcolors.Inaword,thesamecolormayrepresentdifferentmeaningsinbothlanguages.Becausethesamecolorusuallysetsupdifferentrelationshipsincross-cultur
6、alcommunication,requiringpeopleindifferentbackgroundstodecipheronekindofinformationintheotherculture.Andeverylanguagehasapotentialrestrictedmeaning,whichisbeyondthelanguageitself.Soitissignificantusefultoknowandstudythedifferences,inordertopromotingtheculturalcommunicationand20
7、translationpractice.І.ABriefReviewofColorWordsUsedinDifferentCulturesCulturaldifferenceincolorwordsnotonlyrespondtodifferentnationalcharactersbutalsoleadtodifferentculturalconnotationinitswords.BothinChinseandEnglishculture,theconnotationsandsymbolizedmeaningsofcolorwordsisused
8、differently,thusrequiringpeopletounderstandtheusageofc
