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1、OntheCulturalConnotationsofColorWordsinEnglishandChineseAbstract:Therearedifferentkindsofcolors.Coloriscloselyrelatedtopeople’slife.Inhumanlanguage,thecolorwordsarefrequentlyused,andendowedwithplentifulemotionandculturalconnotation.InbothChineseandEnglish,thewordsofdifferentcolorsareabund
2、ant.Weshouldpayattentiontonotonlytheirownbasicmeaningbutalsotheirdeepersymbolicmeaning.Duetotherespectiveculturalbackgroundandtradition,people'sfeelingandexpressiontothecolorarenotthesame,sothesymbolicmeaningofcolorcanproducegreatdifferencebetweenChineseandWesternculture.Thereforeitisesse
3、ntialtograspthedifferenceandsimilaritybetweentheliteralmeaningandassociativemeaning.ThispaperistocompareandcontrasttheculturalconnotationsofcolorwordsinChineseandEnglish.Keywords:colorwords,similarity,difference,backgroundContents:1thedefinitionofcolor.2similarculturalconnotationofdiffere
4、ntcolorinChineseandEnglish3differentculturalconnotationofdifferentcolorinChineseandEnglish4conclusion.1ThedefinitionofcolorFromthescientificdefinition,colorisavisualphenomenonlaunched,reflectedorcausedthroughcertainlightwavebytheobject;itisonekindofvisualessentialfeaturesofhumaneye.2.Simi
5、laritiesofcolorwordsColorwordsarefrequentlyusedinChineseandEnglish.Colorcognition,isthemostbasichumancognitivecategories.Peoplesharegreatsimilaritiesintermsofcolorperception.asareflectionoflanguage,althoughavarietyoflanguageexpressionofcoloraredistinguished,theexpressionofthebasicvocabula
6、ryofcoloramongmanylanguages,suchasblack,white,red,yellow,green,blue,arethesameandveryconsistent.Duetothecommonnessofthelanguage,somecolorwordsmayhavethesamemeaningintwospecificcultures.2.1RedRedsymbolizeshappiness,pleasure,blessednessandblessingbothinChinaandtheEnglish-speakingcountries.S
7、otherearelotsofsimilaritiesinusingit.Itoftenconnectswithsuccessandimportance.Thephrase“givesomebodyaredcarpetofreception”meansmakeawarmwelcometosomeimportantperson.WhentheSpringFestivaliscoming,Chineseoftenputtheredcoupletsondoorsandwindows.Redalsomeansthatsomeoneis