胡倪如-cultural differences of chinese and english color words

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1、北京理工大学珠海学院2009届本科生毕业论文CulturalDifferencesofChineseandEnglishColorWordsABSTRACTLanguageisakindofsocialphenomenonandisthecarrierofculture.Almosteverylanguagehascolorwords,includingChineseandEnglish.However,thewordstodescribecolorsdifferfromonelanguagetoanot

2、herbecauseofdifferentcustoms,polities,religiousbeliefsetc.Differentcolorsbringdifferentsymbolicmeaningswhichhaveuniquecharacteristicsineachnation.Asaresult,itmayleadtomisunderstandingandevenviolatethetaboos.Themainpurposeofthispaperistocomparethedifferenc

3、esbetweenChineseandEnglishcolorwordsintermsofwordbuilding,history,politics,economyanddailyusagetohelppeopletohaveabetterunderstandingofdifferentculturesandtobridgethegapbetweendifferentculturesincommunicationandtofacilitateculturalexchange.Keywords:colorw

4、ordculturedifferencespoliticshistorydailyusage21北京理工大学珠海学院2009届本科生毕业论文颜色词的中英文文化差异摘要语言是一种社会现象，也是文化的载体。几乎每种语言都会有颜色词，中文和英语也不例外。但因民族历史文化、政治背景、宗教和习俗等因素的影响，中英文化语言中色彩词用法各异。不同的颜色观会引伸出不同的颜色象征意义。象征意义在不同民族语言中有其独特的特点，由于文化的差异往往会造成颜色词的误解，甚至触犯禁忌。本文主要从构词法、历史、政治、经济和日常用法这几

5、个角度对比中英文颜色词的差异,以更好地帮助人们理解中英语言颜色词的不同文化内涵，达到更有效地交际的目的，促进文化的交流。关键词:颜色词文化差异政治历史日常用语21北京理工大学珠海学院2009届本科生毕业论文CONTENTSAbstract　…………………………………………………………………………Ⅰ摘要……………………………………………………………………………Ⅱ1Introduction……………………………………………………………………11.1Purposeofwritingthispaper………………

6、…………………………11.2Definitionofcolor,cultureandtheirrelationship…………………11.3Theimportanceofunderstandingcolorwords……………………22ThesimilaritiesbetweenChineseandEnglishcolorwords…42.1word-building…………………………………………………………………42.1.1Degreeadjective+colorword……………………………………

7、…42.1.2Colorword+suffix……………………………………………………52.1.3Colorword+colorword……………………………………………52.1.4Something+colorword………………………………………………52.2ColorandCareer…………………………………………………………52.2.1Colorwordsandcareerinwesterncountries…………………52.2.2ColorwordsandcareerinChina……………

8、……………………63.DifferencesbetweenEnglishandChinesecolorwords…………73.1Colorwordsandhistory………………………………………………73.2Colorwordsandpolitics…………………………………………………93.3Colorwordsandeconomy………………………………………………93.4Colorwordsanddailyusage