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1、CulturalDifferencesbetweenEnglishandChineseColorWords1.IntroductionIthasbeenrecognizedthatlanguageisanessentialandimportantpartofagivencultureandthattheimpactofcultureuponagivenlanguageissomethingintrinsicandindispensable.Ontheonehand,languageasanintegralpartofhuma
2、nbeing,permeateshisthinkingandwayofviewingtheworld,languagebothexpressesandembodiesculturalreality.Ontheother,language,asaproductofculture,helpstoperpetuatetheculture,andthechangesinlanguageusesreflecttheculturalchangesinreturn.Asasmallcomponentpartoflanguage,color
3、wordshavetheirownuniquecharacteristicsanddifferentmeaningsindifferentculture.Differentnationsalwaysenduewordswithmeaningsoftheirownnationalculture.Asaresult,therearecertaindifferenceswhendifferentnationalpeopleusecolorwordsinlanguage.McLuhancharacterizedtoday’sworl
4、dasa“globalvillage”becauseoftherapidexpansionofworldwidetransportationandcommunicationnetwork．Inordertounderstandothernations’culturesandimprovethecross-culturecommunication,itisnecessarytodiscuss,understandandstudytheculturaldifferencesbetweenEnglishandChinesecolo
5、rwords.Atthesametime,itcanimproveourabilityanddobetterinpracticeoftranslation.ThispaperconcretelydiscussestheculturaldifferencesbetweenEnglishandChinesecolorwordsbythecomparisonofthetwolanguages.Thewholepaperisdividedintofiveparts.Inthefirstpart,itanalyzesthereason
6、sthatcausethedifferencesbetweenEnglishandChinesecolorwords.Inthesecondpart,itintroducesthedifferentclassificationsofcolorsinEnglishandChinese.Next,thepaperdiscusseswhateffectcolorwordsmakeinEnglishandChineseliteraryworks.Thenthereisacontrastiveanalysisbygivingexamp
7、lesaboutdifferentcolorsofthetwolanguages.Atlast,itsumsupthattheimportanceofknowingandstudyingtheculturaldifferences.Fromthispaper,wecanknowthattherearekindsofculturesindifferentnationsintheworld;we15alsocanlearnthatcolorterm,asapartoflanguage,expressesdifferentmean
8、ingsindifferentcultures.What’smore,wecanrealizehowtomakeasuccessfulcommunicationandhowtobegoodlanguagelearners.152.CausesfortheDifferencesBetween
