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1、AStudyofConnotationofColorWordsinEnglishandChineseCultures[Abstract]Languageisakindofappearanceofcultureanditistheproductsofthesocialculturedevelopment.Nolanguagecouldbealiveanddevelopwithoutasocialenvironment.Thevocabularyisthemostactivefactorinthelanguage,andthemeaningofcol
2、orwordsinthevocabularyisabundant.Coloriscloselyrelatedtopeople'slife.Inhumanlanguage,thecolorwordsarefrequentlyusedandendowedwithplentifulemotionandculturalconnotation.Weshouldpayattentiontonotonlytheirownbasicmeaning,butalsotheirdeepersymbolicmeaning.Becauseofdifferentcultur
3、alissues,culturaltraditionandculturepsychology,theculturalconnotationsoftheEnglishandChinesecolorwordsdiffergreatlyasaresult,theseparticularculturalconnotationmeaningsarecastunderdifferentenvironmentsbydifferentnationalities.Wecanhavemoreperfectcommandofthetwolanguageandmakeb
4、etterculturalcommunicationonthebaseofunderstandingtheirdifferences.1ThedefinitionofcolorColorwords,inwhateverlanguages,arewordsusedfordescribingthecolorsofdifferentkindsofthings.Differentnationalitieshavenodifferenceincoloresthesiaorintheabilitytocorrectlydistinguishcolors.Th
5、oughsomesimilaritiesexistwhenwordsareusedinEnglishandChinese,therearemoredifferencesduetoboththelanguageandtheculturalfactorssuchashistory,culture,customsandtraditions.2BasiccolorworsdinChineseandEnglishculturesInthecolorfulworld,differentlanguagesmayhavedifferentnumberofcolo
6、rterms.InChinese赤,橙,黄,绿,青,蓝,紫,thesevencolorsintherainbow,arethoughttobethebasiccolors.However,inEnglishitisusuallyconsideredthereareelevenbasiccolors,namelywhite,black,grey,brown,red,green,yellow,blue,purple,orange,andpink.Owingtothedifferenthistoricculturalbackgroundofthetwo
7、cultures,thesamecolorwordshavedifferentsymbolicmeanings.2.1RedNomatterinChinaorwesterncountries,"red"comparativelyhassomethingrelevanttocelebrating."Red"inwesterncultureisnotsopopularlywelcomedasinChina,butitstillrevealshappinessandluckonsomespecialoccasions.Forinstance,ared-
8、letterdaymeans"adaythatisimportantorremarkablebecausesomethinghappen
