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1、CulturalDifferencesbetweenEnglishandChineseColorWords1.IntroductionIthasbeenrecognizedthatlanguageisanessentialandimportantpartofagivencultureandthattheimpactofcultureuponagivenlanguageissomethingintrinsicandindispensable.Ontheonehand,languageasanintegralpartofhumanbeing,permeateshisthinkingandwa
2、yofviewingtheworld,languagebothexpressesandembodiesculturalreality.Ontheother,language,asaproductofculture,helpstoperpetuatetheculture,andthechangesinlanguageusesreflecttheculturalchangesinreturn.Asasmallcomponentpartoflanguage,colorwordshavetheirownuniquecharacteristicsanddifferentmeaningsindiff
3、erentculture.Differentnationsalwaysenduewordswithmeaningsoftheirownnationalculture.Asaresult,therearecertaindifferenceswhendifferentnationalpeopleusecolorwordsinlanguage.McLuhancharacterizedtoday’sworldasa“globalvillage”becauseoftherapidexpansionofworldwidetransportationandcommunicationnetwork.In
4、ordertounderstandothernations’culturesandimprovethecross-culturecommunication,itisnecessarytodiscuss,understandandstudytheculturaldifferencesbetweenEnglishandChinesecolorwords.Atthesametime,itcanimproveourabilityanddobetterinpracticeoftranslation.Thispaperconcretelydiscussestheculturaldifferences
5、betweenEnglishandChinesecolorwordsbythecomparisonofthetwolanguages.Thewholepaperisdividedintofiveparts.Inthefirstpart,itanalyzesthereasonsthatcausethedifferencesbetweenEnglishandChinesecolorwords.Inthesecondpart,itintroducesthedifferentclassificationsofcolorsinEnglishandChinese.Next,thepaperdiscu
6、sseswhateffectcolorwordsmakeinEnglishandChineseliteraryworks.Thenthereisacontrastiveanalysisbygivingexamplesaboutdifferentcolorsofthetwolanguages.Atlast,itsumsupthattheimportanceofknowingandstudyingtheculturaldifferences.Fromthispaper,wecanknowthattherearekindsofculturesindifferentnationsinthewor
7、ld;we15alsocanlearnthatcolorterm,asapartoflanguage,expressesdifferentmeaningsindifferentcultures.What’smore,wecanrealizehowtomakeasuccessfulcommunicationandhowtobegoodlanguagelearners.152.CausesfortheDifferencesBetween