Cultural Differences of Chinese and English Color Words 颜色词的中英文文化差异

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1、CulturalDifferencesofChineseandEnglishColorWordsABSTRACTLanguageisakindofsocialphenomenonandisthecarrierofculture.Almosteverylanguagehascolorwords,includingChineseandEnglish.However,thewordstodescribecolorsdifferfromonelanguagetoanotherbecauseofdifferentcustoms,polities,religiousbeliefset

2、c.Differentcolorsbringdifferentsymbolicmeaningswhichhaveuniquecharacteristicsineachnation.Asaresult,itmayleadtomisunderstandingandevenviolatethetaboos.ThemainpurposeofthispaperistocomparethedifferencesbetweenChineseandEnglishcolorwordsintermsofwordbuilding,history,politics,economyanddaily

3、usagetohelppeopletohaveabetterunderstandingofdifferentculturesandtobridgethegapbetweendifferentculturesincommunicationandtofacilitateculturalexchange.Keywords:colorwordculturedifferencespoliticshistorydailyusage颜色词的中英文文化差异摘要语言是一种社会现象，也是文化的载体。几乎每种语言都会有颜色词，中文和英语也不例外。但因民族历史文化、政治背景、宗教和习俗等因素的影

4、响，中英文化语言中色彩词用法各异。不同的颜色观会引伸出不同的颜色象征意义。象征意义在不同民族语言中有其独特的特点，由于文化的差异往往会造成颜色词的误解，甚至触犯禁忌。本文主要从构词法、历史、政治、经济和日常用法这几个角度对比中英文颜色词的差异,以更好地帮助人们理解中英语言颜色词的不同文化内涵，达到更有效地交际的目的，促进文化的交流。关键词:颜色词文化差异政治历史日常用语21CONTENTSAbstract　…………………………………………………………………………Ⅰ摘要……………………………………………………………………………Ⅱ1Introduction…………………………

5、…………………………………………11.1Purposeofwritingthispaper…………………………………………11.2Definitionofcolor,cultureandtheirrelationship…………………11.3Theimportanceofunderstandingcolorwords……………………22ThesimilaritiesbetweenChineseandEnglishcolorwords…42.1word-building…………………………………………………………………42.1.1Degreeadjective+colorw

6、ord………………………………………42.1.2Colorword+suffix……………………………………………………52.1.3Colorword+colorword……………………………………………52.1.4Something+colorword………………………………………………52.2ColorandCareer…………………………………………………………52.2.1Colorwordsandcareerinwesterncountries…………………52.2.2ColorwordsandcareerinChina…………………………………63.Differ

7、encesbetweenEnglishandChinesecolorwords…………73.1Colorwordsandhistory………………………………………………73.2Colorwordsandpolitics…………………………………………………93.3Colorwordsandeconomy………………………………………………93.4Colorwordsanddailyusage……………………………………………11214.Thecommonmisunderstandingofcolorwords……………175