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1、AContrastiveStudyofColorWordsinEnglishandChinese中英文中颜色词的比较研究Abstract:TherearelotsofwordswhichstandforcolorinEnglishandChinese.Butthemeaningofcolorwordsintheselanguageshasahugedifference.Wenotonlyneedtopayattentiontotheirbasicconnotation,butalsoobservetheirprofoundsymbolizedmeaning.People'sactuallife
2、iscloselyrelatedtocolor.Therearemanycolorexpressions,whichreflectdifferentculturepsychologiesandemotionalcoloringsbothinChineseandEnglish.Becausethemankindhasthesamephysiologicalmechanismandvisionnerve,thecolorwordsarenodifferentinessence,theoretically.However,becauseofvariouslanguageculture,histori
3、calbackground,religiousbelief,modeofthinking,etc.indifferentnationality,people'simpressionofcolorandexpressionaredifferent,andtheassociativemeaningproducedbythecolorhasnothingincommonwitheachother.TherearedifferentandvariouscolorwordsandexpressionsinEnglishandChinese.Sometimesitisdifficulttofindequi
4、valentexpressioninonelanguage.Weneedtoknowthesedifferences;itisgoodforovercomingtheculturalconflictandfosteringthecommunicationbetweenthenations.8中英有许多代表颜色的词,但颜色词的意思又大不相同。我们不仅仅要注意它们的基本含义,还要观察它们深刻的象征意思。在中英语中,有很多颜色表达,反映着不同的文化心理和情感色彩。颜色是一种视觉影响,因为人类有同样的心理机制和视觉神经,理论上讲,颜色词在本质上没有区别。但因为不同文化,历史背景,宗教信仰,思维方式等,
5、不同的国家,人们对颜色的认知和表达也不同,颜色的联想意义也不同。中英语中有大量不同的颜色词和表达,有时很难找到对应的表达。我们必须了解这些区别,它有助于我们克服文化冲突,促进国家间的交流。Keywords:comparison,color,English,Chinese,different,meaningIntroductionThecolorisakindofhumanbeing'saesthesiaintheobjectiveworld.Variouscolorsexistinthenatureorinsociallife.Acolorfulnatureoffershumanbeingsa
6、moreinterestinglivingplace,otherwiseadullworld.Duetodifferentgeographicallocation,culturalandtradition,differentnationshavedifferentfeelingsandideasaboutcolorsalthoughtheymaysharesomecommonpointsoncolors.Inmyview,cultureconnotationofcolorfulwordsreflectstoacertainextentthecultureandpsychologyofacert
7、ainnation.Indifferentlanguages,colorwordshavedifferentmeanings.SinceEnglishandChinesebelongtodifferentfamiliesoflanguage,astothesamecolorwords,theyhavesomesimilaritiesanddifferences.Affectedbyspecific