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1、DiscussionabouttheCulturalandSemanticDifferenceofColorWordsBetweenChineseandEnglishIntroductionLongtimeago,wehavefoundthebigdisparitywhenweusedifferentcolorstoexpressourfeelingsindifferentsituations.somepeoplemayfeelpuzzledwhenthecolormayhavedifferentmeaning.soth
2、roughthistopicihopewecouldhaveaclearunderstandingthedifferencebetweenChineseandenglishcultureaswellaswecancommunicatewiththemeffectively.Sowhenwemakeinterculturalcommunicationwithforeignpeople,wemustknowtheirexactwayofusingcolorwords,orelsewe’llmeetseveralinconve
3、nienceandembarrassment.Thebodydifferentcountrieshavedifferentculturebecauseofthedivergencesamongsociety,history,geography,nationality,literatureart,religion,conventionetc,whichresultinthedivergenceoftheunderstandingandusageofcolorwordsbetweenEnglishandChinese.sot
4、hestudyofdifferentcolortermsisanveryimportanttolearndifferentculturesLanguageembodytheculture.Peoplerespondtodifferentcolorsindifferentways,andtheseresponsestakeplaceonasubconscious,emotionallevel.InAmericanculture,blackhaslongbeenassociatedwithdeath,whilewhiteis
5、believedtosignifylifeandpurity.IntheOrient,however,white isthetraditionalcolorofgrief.,thesamecolormayrepresentdifferentmeaningsinbothlanguages.forexamplethewhiteinwesternculturesstandforloveyuritywhileinchinesecultureitpresentsomethingunpleasantІ.ABriefReviewofC
6、olorWordsUsedinDifferentCultures4PeoplewhoisfamiliarwithbothEnglishandChineseculturesknowsthatinChina,thecolorredsymbolizeshappyevent.OnChinesetraditionalwedding,thebridegroomandbridebothwearredclothes,howeverinwesterncountrypeopleshouldwearwhiteclothesontheweddi
7、ng.Inaddition,inourculture,thecoloryellowsymbolizedaSonofHeavenandroyaltyandtheywearyellowrobeswhilewesterncountry’sroyaltyandexarchmainlywearpurple.A.BluedifferentmeaningindifferentcultureThewordblueisusedtodescribethecoloroftheskyandtheocean,bothinEnglishorChin
8、ese,bluehasanassociatedsenseofquietInthecultureofEnglish,bluehasalotofinferredmeanings,additiontothemeaningofpornographicorobscenewhichhasbeenreferred,bluealso
