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1、AcomparativestudyofEnglishandChinesecolorwords中英文化中的颜色词汇对比【关键词】颜色词；文化；含义；跨文化交际Ⅰ.IntroductionColorisavisualphenomenonwhichislaunched,reflectedorcausedthroughcertainlightwavebytheobject;itisonekindofvisualessentialfeaturesofhumaneye.Butcolorwordsarethetermsthatdescribecolorswhicha
2、reusedtodescribeofallthingsintheworld. Thenatureiscolorful,andsomanywordscanbeusedtodescribeit.Generallyspeaking,blacksymbolizesoppression,whiteshowspurityandinnocence,greenbringsvitalforce.However,thesamecolormayhavethedifferentmeaninginEnglishandChinese,becauseofthedifferenthi
3、storyandculture.Andaftercarefulstudyofcolorwords,itiseasytofindthatcolorwordscanproducevariousassociations,whichhaveagreateffectonaperson’smoodandbehavior.Thatisthemainreasonthatpeopleusecolorwordstoexplaintheirmoralcharacter,moodandopinionstothings.Indifferentcountries,colorwor
4、dsofculturalconnotationsaredifferent.Culturalconnotationmeansvocabularyisendowedwiththemeaningofmetaphor,association,symbolandsoon.Althoughcolorwordsofdifferentlanguageshavethesameconceptualmeaning,theirconnotativemeaningsaredifferent.Differentculturalbackgroundandhabitsoflangua
5、geexpressionsresultinthedifferentconnotationsofcolorwordsandtheyhaveagreateffectontheculturalconnotationsofwords.Theassociationofacceptationandculturalimageareculturalinformationgap.Thisgapinfluencespeopletounderstandthemeaningofthesameword.Forexample,blacksymbolizesmelancholyan
6、dawfulnessinsomeEnglish-speakingcountries.So,peopleinthosecountriesareofteninblackwhentheyattendafuneralorsomeimportantsocialgatherings.But,toChinesepeople,weusewhitetoshowagrieftoadeath. Inaword,colorisaveryimportantfieldofpeople’sbasicallyknowledge.Itconcernspeople’slifeclosel
7、y,carryingbasicfeaturesofphysicsandrichculturalconnotations.whenonekindofcolorshasdifferentmeaningsindifferentcultures,wecan’tsaywhichkindoflinguisticexpressionismorereasonable,moreexactandbettertouse.SoacomparativestudyofEnglishandChinesecolorwordsisveryimportanttounderstandEng
8、lishandChineselanguage,cultureandcross-cultural
