chinese and english cultural differences reflected in color terms

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1、ChineseandEnglishCulturalDifferencesReflectedinColorTermsAThesisSubmittedtoXingtanCollegeQufuNormalUniversityInPartialFulfillmentoftheRequirementsFortheDegreeofBachelorofArtsACKNOWLEDGMENTSIamdeeplyindebtedtoZhuHe,mysupervisor,whohasgivenmeconstantandvaluab

2、leadvice,readmydraftsthroughmeticulouslyandofferedincisivecommentsonthem.Withoutherhelp,thethesiscouldneverhavereacheditspresentform.IamalsogratefultoProfessorYuJieandProfessorSunHuaxiangwhohasmademeimprovealotinEnglishliteratureandhasshownmethefascinatingw

3、orldofEnglishlanguageandwesternculture,givenmevaluableadviceandpolishedthethesisaswell.Mysinceregratitudealsogoestoallmyteacherswhohavegivenmeexcellentlecturesandgreathelp,whichareindispensabletothecompletionofthisthesis.Ialsogivemyheartythankstoallmyclassm

4、ateswhohadofferedgeneroushelpandusefulsuggestionsintheprocessofwritingthisthesis.Finally,Iwouldliketoexpressmyappreciationtoallthewriterswhoseworkshavebeenreferredtointhisthesis.摘要语言不仅是文化的一部分，而且可以如镜子般反映文化。语言不仅仅可以描述事实、事件或者是其本身的意思，也可以体现人们的思想、价值观和国家的心理认同感等。不同文

5、化的人对相同的语言有不同的反应。日常生活中，颜色词的使用可以体现文化的不同。我们不仅应当注意到颜色词的基本意义，而且也应该注意到其延伸意义。由于文化各异，英汉颜色词的象征意义也不同。因此，有时一种颜色在一个国家很受欢迎而在另一个国家却成了禁语。我们可以通过分析颜色词的象征意义来找出汉英文化的差异。在现实生活中，几乎所有的事物都可以用颜色词来表示，例如，政治、经济，甚至是人的性格。本文将通过分析红色、黑色、白色和黄色的不同象征意义找出英汉文化的差异。关键词：颜色词；象征意义；文化差异；习语ABSTRACTLan

6、guageisnotonlyapartofculturebutalsoamirrorofit.Alanguagecan’tmerelyexpressfacts,eventsandbasicmeaningofitself.Atthesametime,itcanalsorepresentpeople’sthought,valuesandeventhenationalpsychology.Peopleofdifferentculturesrespondtoacertainlanguageindifferentway

7、s.Inourdailylife,colorwordsarethecommonillustrationofculturaldifferencesinlanguageuse.Itshouldbenoticedthatnotonlyitsoriginalmeaningsbutalsoitssymbolicmeaningsareimportant.Owingtostrikingrespectiveculturalbackground,thesymbolicmeaningofcolorcansometimesbequ

8、itedistinctbetweenEnglishandChinese.Inthisway,somecolorwordsareadorabletosomepeople,buttaboostootherpeople.Nowthatcolortermsvaryfromculturetoculture,wecangetaclueofdifferencesbetweenChineseandEnglishcu