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1、OntheCulturalConnotationofEnglishandChineseColorWordsAbstract:Colorwordsarefrequentlyused,andendowedwithplentifulemotionandculturalconnotation.Thispaperistomakeastudyontheculturalconnotationofcolorwordswiththepurposeofbetterapplicationofthemincross-culturalcommunicat
2、ion.First,thepaperexpresseswhatcolorwordsareandtheirdifferentdivisioninEnglishandChineseculture.Second,duetotherespectiveculturalbackgroundandtradition,people’sfeelingandexpressiontothecolorarenotthesame,sothesymbolicmeaningofcolorcanproducegreatdifferencesbetweenChi
3、neseandWesternculture.ThepapercomparesthebasiccolorwordsinEnglishandChineseandpresentsthereasonsforthedifferencesincolorwords.Atlast,itconcludesthattousecolorwordsproperlycanavoidtheconflictsofdifferentculturesandimprovethecross-culturecommunication.KeyWords:color-wo
4、rds;culturalconnotation;reasonsI.DefinitionandClassificationofColorWordsA.TheDefinitionofColorFromthescientificdefinition,colorisavisualphenomenonlaunched,reflectedorcausedthroughcertainlightwavebytheobject;itisonekindofvisualessentialfeaturesofhumaneyes.Colorisavery
5、importantareaofpeople’sworldknowledgeanditconcernedwithpeople’slifeclosely,carryingbasicattributesofphysicsandrichculturalconnotations.Itbearsobviousfunctionsofbeautifulsenseandrichmessages.B.BasicColorWordsintheEnglishandChineseCultureColorwordsarethetermsthatdescri
6、beallkindsofcolorwhichisusedtodescriptionofmaterialsandthings.Anddifferentcolorwordshavedifferentmeaningsindifferentbackgroundofnationalculture.SotherearemanykindsofcolorwordswithdifferentkindsofmeaningsinEnglishandChinese.However,onthebasiccolorwords,thereisnotsomuc
7、hdifferenceinEnglishandinChinese.InEnglishtherearered,white,black,green,yellow,blueandpurple.whileinChinese,thereare“赤橙黄绿青蓝紫”.Owingtothedifferenthistoricculturalbackgroundofthetwocultures,thesamecolorwordshavedifferentsymbolicmeanings.Sometimesbasiccolorwordsandcolor
8、wordswithcolorsofobjectsarenotenoughtodescribecolorfulnature,becauseeverycolorinsunshinetakesondifferentshadesandhues.Asaresult,10t
