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1、ChineseandEnglishCulturalDifferencesReflectedinColorTermsAThesisSubmittedtoXingtanCollegeQufuNormalUniversityInPartialFulfillmentoftheRequirementsFortheDegreeofBachelorofArtsACKNOWLEDGMENTSIamdeeplyindebtedtoZhuHe,mysupervisor,whohasgivenmeconstantandvaluab
2、leadvice,readmydraftsthroughmeticulouslyandofferedincisivecommentsonthem.Withoutherhelp,thethesiscouldneverhavereacheditspresentform.IamalsogratefultoProfessorYuJieandProfessorSunHuaxiangwhohasmademeimprovealotinEnglishliteratureandhasshownmethefascinatingw
3、orldofEnglishlanguageandwesternculture,givenmevaluableadviceandpolishedthethesisaswell.Mysinceregratitudealsogoestoallmyteacherswhohavegivenmeexcellentlecturesandgreathelp,whichareindispensabletothecompletionofthisthesis.Ialsogivemyheartythankstoallmyclassm
4、ateswhohadofferedgeneroushelpandusefulsuggestionsintheprocessofwritingthisthesis.Finally,Iwouldliketoexpressmyappreciationtoallthewriterswhoseworkshavebeenreferredtointhisthesis.摘要語言不僅是文化的一部分,而且可以如鏡子般反映文化。語言不僅僅可以描述事實、事件或者是其本身的意思,也可以體現(xiàn)人們的思想、價值觀和國家的心理認(rèn)同感等。不同文
5、化的人對相同的語言有不同的反應(yīng)。日常生活中,顏色詞的使用可以體現(xiàn)文化的不同。我們不僅應(yīng)當(dāng)注意到顏色詞的基本意義,而且也應(yīng)該注意到其延伸意義。由于文化各異,英漢顏色詞的象征意義也不同。因此,有時一種顏色在一個國家很受歡迎而在另一個國家卻成了禁語。我們可以通過分析顏色詞的象征意義來找出漢英文化的差異。在現(xiàn)實生活中,幾乎所有的事物都可以用顏色詞來表示,例如,政治、經(jīng)濟(jì),甚至是人的性格。本文將通過分析紅色、黑色、白色和黃色的不同象征意義找出英漢文化的差異。關(guān)鍵詞:顏色詞;象征意義;文化差異;習(xí)語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