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1、DiscussionabouttheCulturalandSemanticDifferenceofColorWordsBetweenChineseandEnglishIntroductionLanguageisapartofculture.ThedifferencesbetweentheChinesecultureandtheWesterncultureareinevitablebecauseofthedivergencesamongsociety,history,geography,nation
2、ality,literatureart,religion,conventionetc,whichresultinthedivergenceoftheunderstandingandusageofcolorwordsbetweenEnglishandChinese.However,everyonehashisorheraestheticsentiment.Itcouldbeasignificantquestiontorecognizethesedivergencesofculturallanguag
3、einordertostudyorgraspEnglishlanguageandfacilitatetheSino-Westunderstandingandcommunication.Asweallknow,differentcountrieshavedifferentcultures.Cultureisthecollectiveprogrammingofthemindwhichdistinguishesthemembersofonecategoryofpeoplefromanother.Colo
4、risconsideredoneofthemostusefulandpowerfuldesigntoolsyouhave.Peoplerespondtodifferentcolorsindifferentways,andtheseresponsestakeplaceonasubconscious,emotionallevel.InAmericanculture,blackhaslongbeenassociatedwithdeath,whilewhiteisbelievedtosignifylife
5、andpurity.IntheOrient,however,white isthetraditionalcolorofmourning.IntheUnitedStates,blackhasalsocometosuggestsophisticationandformality.Americansgenerallyassociatetrustastabilitywiththecolorblue,while Koreanshavethisreactiontopinkandotherpastelcolor
6、s.Inaword,thesamecolormayrepresentdifferentmeaningsinbothlanguages.Becausethesamecolorusuallysetsupdifferentrelationshipsincross-culturalcommunication,requiringpeopleindifferentbackgroundstodecipheronekindofinformationintheotherculture.Andeverylanguag
7、ehasapotentialrestrictedmeaning,whichisbeyondthelanguageitself.Soitissignificantusefultoknowandstudythedifferences,inordertopromotingtheculturalcommunicationandtranslationpractice.20І.ABriefReviewofColorWordsUsedinDifferentCulturesCulturaldifferencein
8、colorwordsnotonlyrespondtodifferentnationalcharactersbutalsoleadtodifferentculturalconnotationinitswords.BothinChinseandEnglishculture,theconnotationsandsymbolizedmeaningsofcolorwordsisuseddifferently,thusrequiringpeopletounderstandtheusageofc
