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1、CultruralDifferencesbetweenEnglishandChineseColorWordsCulturalDifferencesbetweenEnglishandChineseColorWords1.IntroductionIthasbeenrecognizedthatlanguageisanessentialandimportantpartofagivencultureandthattheimpactofcultureuponagivenlanguageissomethingint
2、rinsicandindispensable.Ontheonehand,languageasanintegralpartofhumanbeing,permeateshisthinkingandwayofviewingtheworld,languagebothexpressesandembodiesculturalreality.Ontheother,language,asaproductofculture,helpstoperpetuatetheculture,andthechangesinlangu
3、ageusesreflecttheculturalchangesinreturn.Asasmallcomponentpartoflanguage,colorwordshavetheirownuniquecharacteristicsanddifferentmeaningsindifferentculture.Differentnationsalwaysenduewordswithmeaningsoftheirownnationalculture.Asaresult,therearecertaindif
4、ferenceswhendifferentnationalpeopleusecolorwordsinlanguage.McLuhancharacterizedtoday’sworldasa“globalvillage”becauseoftherapidexpansionofworldwidetransportationandcommunicationnetwork.Inordertounderstandothernations’culturesandimprovethecross-culturecom
5、munication,itisnecessarytodiscuss,understandandstudytheculturaldifferencesbetweenEnglishandChinesecolorwords.Atthesametime,itcanimproveourabilityanddobetterinpracticeoftranslation.ThispaperconcretelydiscussestheculturaldifferencesbetweenEnglishandChines
6、ecolorwordsbythecomparisonofthetwolanguages.Thewholepaperisdividedintofiveparts.Inthefirstpart,itanalyzesthereasonsthatcausethedifferencesbetweenEnglishandChinesecolorwords.Inthesecondpart,itintroducesthedifferentclassificationsofcolorsinEnglishandChine
7、se.Next,thepaperdiscusseswhateffectcolorwordsmakeinEnglishandChineseliteraryworks.Thenthereisacontrastiveanalysisbygivingexamplesaboutdifferentcolorsofthetwolanguages.Atlast,itsumsupthattheimportanceofknowingandstudyingtheculturaldifferences.Fromthispap
8、er,wecanknowthattherearekindsofculturesindifferentnationsintheworld;we15CultruralDifferencesbetweenEnglishandChineseColorWordsalsocanlearnthatcolorterm,asapartoflanguage,expressesdifferentmeaningsindifferentcultures.What’smore,we