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1、Understandingoflanguageandculture(ColorandCulture)Introduction:Intheculture,thelanguageisliterallyeverywhere.Anyoneimmersedinthecultureseesandhearsthelanguageallaround.Asweallknow,weexpressourthoughtsbymeansoflanguage.However,whileweusinglanguage,weconveycultureatthesametime.Asforcolor,it’
2、sapartoflanguage,soitincludingculture,too.TherearedifferencesintheuseofcolorsandcolorwordsbetweenChineseandEnglishcultures.Thedifferentculturesbringdifferentattitudestowardthesamecolorbecauseofdifferentculturebackground,theyrevealwideconnotationofcultures.Weshouldpayattentiontoobservingnot
3、onlytheirbasicmeanings,butalsothedeepandbroadsymbolicmeanings.Thesymbolicmeaningsofcolorwordsoftenhavedifferentfeaturesindifferentlanguagecultures.Andsomeofthemevenhavebecometaboosandadornmentssincethemeaningsofthecolorwordsareextendedandtransferred.Meanwhile,theculturalexchangesandthecolo
4、rviewshavesimilarphenomenonandcoincidenceinthelanguages.LiteratureReview:Colorisanimportantpartofourlife.Colorwordshelpustounderstandtheworldaround,likeoursenseoftasteandsmell.ThebasiccolorwordsinEnglishsuchasred,yellow,white,black,notonlyexpressthecolorsofobjectivethings,butalsotheobstruc
5、tthings.Thecolorwordshavespecifiedsemanticmeaningsindifferentcultures.Withoutunderstandingofthem,wewillprobablyrunintoobstaclesormakeafunofourselvesincommunication.Thereforelearningandgraspingthesymbolicmeaningsofcolorwordsareimportant.Goodunderstandingofthesymbolicmeaningsofcolorwordscanh
6、elpuscommunicateeffectivelyamongpeoplefromdifferentcountries.ThispapertriestoillustratethedifferentsymbolicmeaningsofcolorwordsinChineseandEnglishculturesbycomparisonandanalysisofthem.4Discussion:(Differentmeaningofsamecolorindifferentculture)A.RedInChineseculture,thecolorofredispopularfor
7、specialevents,holidaysandceremonials.Inancienttimes,whenpeoplegotmarried,thebridealwaysdressedinred,andwore“Hongtouga(红头盖)”.Thebridegroomalwaystiedaredribbonandworearedflowerinthefront.Andalmosteverythingintheweddinghadsomethingtodowithredcolor.Neolithichunter