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1、DiscussionabouttheCulturalandSemanticDifferenceofColorWordsBetweenChineseandEnglishIntroductionLanguageisapartofculture.ThedifferencesbetweentheChinesecultureandtheWesterncultureareinevitablebecauseofthedivergencesamongsociety,history,geography,nationality,li
2、teratureart,religion,conventionetc,whichresultinthedivergenceoftheunderstandingandusageofcolorwordsbetweenEnglishandChinese.However,everyonehashisorheraestheticsentiment.Itcouldbeasignificantquestiontorecognizethesedivergencesofculturallanguageinordertostudyo
3、rgraspEnglishlanguageandfacilitatetheSino-Westunderstandingandcommunication.Asweallknow,differentcountrieshavedifferentcultures.Cultureisthecollectiveprogrammingofthemindwhichdistinguishesthemembersofonecategoryofpeoplefromanother.Colorisconsideredoneofthemos
4、tusefulandpowerfuldesigntoolsyouhave.Peoplerespondtodifferentcolorsindifferentways,andtheseresponsestakeplaceonasubconscious,emotionallevel.InAmericanculture,blackhaslongbeenassociatedwithdeath,whilewhiteisbelievedtosignifylifeandpurity.IntheOrient,however,wh
5、ite isthetraditionalcolorofmourning.IntheUnitedStates,blackhasalsocometosuggestsophisticationandformality.Americansgenerallyassociatetrustastabilitywiththecolorblue,while Koreanshavethisreactiontopinkandotherpastelcolors.Inaword,thesamecolormayrepresentdiffer
6、entmeaningsinbothlanguages.Becausethesamecolorusuallysetsupdifferentrelationshipsincross-culturalcommunication,requiringpeopleindifferentbackgroundstodecipheronekindofinformationintheotherculture.Andeverylanguagehasapotentialrestrictedmeaning,whichisbeyondthe
7、languageitself.Soitissignificantusefultoknowandstudythedifferences,inordertopromotingtheculturalcommunicationandtranslationpractice.20І.ABriefReviewofColorWordsUsedinDifferentCulturesCulturaldifferenceincolorwordsnotonlyrespondtodifferentnationalcharactersbut
8、alsoleadtodifferentculturalconnotationinitswords.BothinChinseandEnglishculture,theconnotationsandsymbolizedmeaningsofcolorwordsisuseddifferently,thusrequiringpeopletounderstandtheusageofc
