On Chinese and English Cultural Differences Reflected in the Color words 从颜色词上浅谈中英文化差异.doc

On Chinese and English Cultural Differences Reflected in the Color words 从颜色词上浅谈中英文化差异 摘要 我们生活在五彩缤纷、五颜六色的世界中，颜色的多样性造成了与之相对应的颜色词的丰富多彩。颜色词除了可以表示最基本的大自然绚丽色彩的意义以外，在某种程度上也体现了人类的一些价值观和审美观。在这种情况下，颜色词已不单纯是表示客观颜色的本身意义了，而是被赋予了不同的象征意义，而不同文化背景的人们对颜色的感知和审美体验是同中有异，异中有同。 本文将选取几个典型的颜色词来分析颜色词在中英文化中所存在的共性和差异性，探讨形成这种差异性的各种原因。 关键词：颜色词联想意义文化差异跨文化交际 Abstract As we live in a colorful world, the diversity of colors results in the diversity of the equivalent color terms. Apart from expressing the most basic colors in the nature, colors, to some extent, represent some values and aesthetics of the mankind. In this case, color terms no longer merely express the designative meaning of the objective colors. They are given different symbolic meanings. People with different cultural background have different perceptions and aesthetic experience about colors, in which similarities can be found. This paper will select a few typical color terms to analyze the similarities and differences of color terms in Chinese and English cultures, discuss various reasons for these similarities. Key words: color terms associative meaning cultural differences cross-cultural communication ChapterⅠ Introduction Color and human life, human cognition of the world is an important field. Color not only has physical properties, but also has rich cultural connotation and extension of significance, and so are the language, culture and translation in the study of an important subject. The languages of the people of the world are not the same, the expression of color, the color words in a way reflects the difference of Chinese culture and English culture. Understanding of English and Chinese culture background knowledge, masterly using the vocabulary of color in the two languages of the deep connotation and meaning for English learners to cross-cultural communication and translation practice has practical meaning. This article would discuss the cultural differences of English and Chinese color words and th