A Survey of the Cultural Differences in Color words Between Chinese and English论颜色词折射出的中西方文化差异.doc

吉林华桥外国语学院 本科毕业论文 （2003级） 姓 名： 学 号： 1201030207 院 系： 应用英语分院 专 业： 英语（国际贸易方向） 指导教师：  A Survey of the Cultural Differences in Color words Between Chinese and English 论颜色词折射出的中西方文化差异 姓 名： 院 系： 应用英语分院 专 业： 英语（国际贸易方向） 指导教师： 吉林华桥外国语学院 Jilin Huaqiao Foreign Languages Institute Abstract Color is perception of people to the objective world. In human language there are a great number of color words recording colors in the world. Since these color words are often used in human language, gradually, they are endowed with rich cultural connotations. In cross-cultural communication, different nations with different cultural backgrounds or people from the same nations with the same backgrounds, but belonging to different social groups or social classes have different perceptions of various colors .The different perceptions of colors result in a series of cultural meanings of color words. Changes in the meaning of color words are determined by culture of which the substantial content is in turn reflected by the cultural meaning. This paper makes an elementary research into the differences between cultural connotation of English and Chinese color words from the following three aspects: Firstly, the introduction of the definition of language and culture and their relationship. Language and culture are connected with each other .On the one hand, language is the carrier of culture; culture is loaded in language. On the other hand, language is influenced and shaped by culture and meanwhile reflects culture. So the understanding of a culture requires the understanding of the corresponding language and vice versa. Color words are part of human language. Secondly, on the basis of semantics and pragmatics, it intends to discuss color words. Finally, it makes a comparative analysis of connotations of color words in English and Chinese from different angles. Through analysis of color words, this paper is to point out the cultural differences