A Study of Cultural Connotations of Color Words Between English and Chinese

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1、浙江大学远程教育学院本科生毕业论文（设计）题目AcomparisonofcolorsbetweenChineseandEnglishcultures专业英语学习中心瑞安姓名宋泽政学号710028582001指导教师周霞2012年04月24日AbstractBothChineseandEnglisharerichinthewordsdenotingdifferentcolors.Butforthedifferencesofthenationalcultures,people'snaturalfeelingofthecolorandthemethodstodefinet

2、hecolorwordswillalsobedifferent.Soeventhesamecolor,ChineseandEnglishpeoplewillthinkofitandfeelitdifferently.Thecolorwordshaveacloserelationshipwiththeirnationalcultures,andalwaysinfluencelocalpeople'smodesandthinking.TherearealotofsimilaritiesanddifferencesonthemeaningsbetweenEnglishan

3、dChinesecolorwords.Thisthesisgivesquiteafewexamplesandidiomaticexpressionstoanalyzethecomparisonoftheconnotationsofsomecolorwords,whichexplainstheimportanceofdeepunderstandingofculturalconnotationsofcolorwordsintrans-culturalcommunicationandintroducesfactorsaffectingthedifferentcultura

4、lconnotationsofEnglishandChinesebasiccolorwordsfromfouraspects.Keywords:colorwords;cultural;Chinese;English;similarities;differencesCONTENTⅠ、INTRODUCTION1II、THECOMPARISONOFTHECULTURALCONNOTATIONSOFENGLISHANDCHINESEBASICCOLORWORDS1(一)Blackand黑1(二)Whiteand白2(三)Redand红3（四）Greenand绿3（五）Blu

5、eand蓝4(六)Yellowand黄5III、FACTORSAFFECTINGTHEDIFFERENTCULTURALCONNOTATIONSOFENGLISHANDCHINESEBASICCOLORWORDS5(一)Religiousfaith51similarities52differences6(二)Geographicenvironment61similarities62differences7(三)Cognitivepsychologyandlivingstyle71similarities72differences7V、CONCLUSION9VI、RE

6、FERENCES1010Ⅰ、IntroductionAsweknow,therearelotsofcolorswordsinourlifelikered,white,black,yellow,blueetc.Thesewordsdon’tonlymeanthecolorofanobjectbutalsostandformood,feelingorsomethingelse.Forexample,redalwaysstandsforpassion;greenalwaysstandforliveandpeace.Duetothedifferentlanguages,hi

7、storicalbackground,differenttraditionsandcustoms,socialrelationsandsoon,theculturalconnotationofcolorwordsbetweenChineseandEnglisharedifferentwithsimilarities.EnglishandChineselanguageshavetheirowncharacteristics,whichmakethemdifferentfromeachother.TheexpressionsofChineseandEnglishha