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1、DiscussionabouttheCulturalandSemanticDifferenceofColorWordsBetweenChineseandEnglishIntroductionLanguageisapartofculture.ThedifferencesbetweentheChinesecultureandtheWesterncultureareinevitablebecauseofthedivergencesamongsociety,history,geography,nationality,literatureart,religion,conve
2、ntionetc,whichresultinthedivergenceoftheunderstandingandusageofcolorwordsbetweenEnglishandChinese.However,everyonehashisorheraestheticsentiment.ItcouldbeasignificantquestiontorecognizethesedivergencesofculturallanguageinordertostudyorgraspEnglishlanguageandfacilitatetheSino-Westunders
3、tandingandcommunication.Asweallknow,differentcountrieshavedifferentcultures.Cultureisthecollectiveprogrammingofthemindwhichdistinguishesthemembersofonecategoryofpeoplefromanother.Colorisconsideredoneofthemostusefulandpowerfuldesigntoolsyouhave.Peoplerespondtodifferentcolorsindifferent
4、ways,andtheseresponsestakeplaceonasubconscious,emotionallevel.InAmericanculture,blackhaslongbeenassociatedwithdeath,whilewhiteisbelievedtosignifylifeandpurity.IntheOrient,however,white isthetraditionalcolorofmourning.IntheUnitedStates,blackhasalsocometosuggestsophisticationandformalit
5、y.Americansgenerallyassociatetrustastabilitywiththecolorblue,while Koreanshavethisreactiontopinkandotherpastelcolors.Inaword,thesamecolormayrepresentdifferentmeaningsinbothlanguages.Becausethesamecolorusuallysetsupdifferentrelationshipsincross-culturalcommunication,requiringpeopleindi
6、fferentbackgroundstodecipheronekindofinformationintheotherculture.Andeverylanguagehasapotentialrestrictedmeaning,whichisbeyondthelanguageitself.Soitissignificantusefultoknowandstudythedifferences,inordertopromotingtheculturalcommunicationandtranslationpractice.20І.ABriefReviewofColorW
7、ordsUsedinDifferentCulturesCulturaldifferenceincolorwordsnotonlyrespondtodifferentnationalcharactersbutalsoleadtodifferentculturalconnotationinitswords.BothinChinseandEnglishculture,theconnotationsandsymbolizedmeaningsofcolorwordsisuseddifferently,thusrequiringpeopletounderstandtheusa
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