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1、OntheSymbolicMeaningsofColorWordsinChinese&WesternCultures中西文化中颜色词的象征意义AbstractTherearedifferencesintheuseofcolorsandcolorwordsbetweenChineseandEnglishcultures.Thedifferentculturesbringdifferentattitudestowardthesamecolorbecauseofdifferentlanguagehabits,historicalbackgrounds,traditionalc
2、ustomsandsoon.Althoughthemeaningsofcolorwordsarerestrainedbycultures,theyrevealwideconnotationofcultures.Weshouldpayattentiontoobservingnotonlytheirbasicmeanings,butalsothedeepandbroadsymbolicmeanings.Thesymbolicmeaningsofcolorwordsoftenhavedifferentfeaturesindifferentlanguagecultures.An
3、dsomeofthemevenhavebecometaboosandadornmentssincethemeaningsofthecolorwordsareextendedandtransferred.Meanwhile,theculturalexchangesandthecolorviewshavesimilarphenomenonandcoincidenceinthelanguages.ThispapertriestoillustratethedifferentsymbolicmeaningsofcolorwordsinChineseandEnglishcultur
4、esbycomparisonandanalysisofthem.KeyWordsColorwords;culturaldifferences;symbolicmeanings;comparisonIntroductionColorisapartofourlife.Colorwordshelpustounderstandtheworldaround,likeoursenseoftasteandsmell.ThebasiccolorwordsinEnglishsuchasred,yellow,white,black,notonlyexpressthecolorsofobje
5、ctivethings,butalsotheobstructthings.Thecolorwordshavespecifiedsemanticmeaningsindifferentcultures.Withoutunderstandingofthem,wewillprobablyrunintoobstaclesormakeafunofourselvesincommunication.Generallyspeaking,inChineseculture,thesymbolicmeaningsofcolorwordsarerelatedtoinfluencesoffeuda
6、lsystem,feudalsuperstition,primitivescience,andpooreducation.Thecolorshavestrongpoliticalsymbolicmeaningsandmysticaltendencies.InEnglishculture,thesymbolicmeaningsofcolorwordsareaffectedbytheWesternnationalityopenness,science,educationdegree.Thecolorsareofafewmysterymeanings.Thesymbolicm
7、eaningsofcolorwordshavebeenformedinthedevelopmentofsocietyandhistoricalprecipitation.Itisapermanentphenomenon.Incross-culturalcommunication,thesymbolicmeaningsofcolorwordsembodylotsofculturalvaluesandconnotationsinlanguageswhichmakethelanguagesmorelively,interesting,humor
