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1、TheComparisonofColorWordsinChineseandEnglish1.IntroductionPeopleliveinacolorfulworld,scientificresearchindicatesthatsevenmillionkindsofcolorscanbefoundintheworld.However,colorexpressionsareonlylimitedtoseveralhundredsinclassification,andwordsdenotingcolorsformp
2、artofthenuclearvocabularyinalmosteverylanguage.(邵淑华,2005)“Astothecolorwords,theliteralmeaningspaintourlanguage,thusourlanguageappearscolorful;theassociativemeaningsfillourlanguage,thusourlanguagessoundsmeaningful.”(LiCuijuan,2002)Colorproducesspecificmeaningint
3、hemindsofpeople,andcausesspecificassociationandinspiresthespecialresponse;thisissocialintensionofthecolor.Inthisway,colorisnolongeranobjectivematerial,butturnsintotheabstractsymboliccolor,immergeindyeingbodyofculture.Differentcountrieshavedifferentcolortermsbec
4、auseoftheirdifferentnationalhistories,socialsystems,religiousbeliefs,nationalcharacteristics,customs,waysoflivingandtheirgeographicdifferencesandsoon.(杨红艳,2005)Therefore,everylanguagehasphrasesorsentencesthatcannotbeunderstoodliterally.Evenifyouknowthemeaningso
5、fallthewordsinaphraseandunderstandthegrammarofthephrasecompletely,themeaningofthephrasemaystillbeconfusing.(RichardA.Spears，BettyKirkpatrick，2002)Duetothisreason,muchattentionshouldbepaidtothesimilaritiesanddifferencesofthecolorwordsinordertopromotecross-cultur
6、alcommunication.2.ComparisonoftheColorWordsinChineseandEnglishAstherearesomanycolorwordsintheworld,itisimpossibletotalkaboutalloftheminthepaper.SoItakethefollowingsixbasiconesasexampletocomparetheirsimilaritiesanddifferencesinChineseandEnglish.2.1Red10Redisoneo
7、ftheoldestcolorsinthehumansociety,anditremindspeopleofbloodatfirstsight.Nowadays,nomatterinEnglish-speakingcountriesorinChina,thecolorRedalwayshassomethingtodowithcelebration.“Red”inwesterncultureisnotsopopularlywelcomedasinChina,butitstillrevealshappinessandlu
8、ckonsomespecialoccasions.Andinallcountries,thedatesofcelebrationorfestivalsarealwaysprintedredinthecalendar.ThoughEnglishandChinesehavesomesamenessintheexpressingofred,there
