Cultural Differences between Chinese and English Color Words
颜色词所反映的英汉文化差异
by Ye Wei tutor: Chen Youhua
Brief Introduction
Reseach Purposes: To help people to have a better understanding of different cultures and to bridge the gap between different cultures in communication.
Outline
Abstract
1. Introduction 2. The Reasons of Generating Differences 2.1 Different Geographic Location 2.2 Different Cultural Traditions 2.3 Different Aesthetic Psychology
3. The Differences of Cultural Connotation between Chinese and English Color Words 3.1 The Color Words and Folk Beliefs (red\ black\ green\white) 3.2 The Color Words and Emotional State (green\ black\ blue\ grey) 3.3The Coloral System (red\ yellow\black\ purple) 4. Conclusion
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References
• Wierzbicka, Anna．Semantics, Culture and Cognition[M]．New York: Oxford University Press, 1992． • 胡文仲．跨文化交际学概论[M]．北京：外语教学与研究出版社， 2002． • 邵志洪．英汉颜色词使用的比较[J]．四川外语学院学报，1994 (9)： 22-25． • 姚小平．基本颜色词理论评述——兼论汉语基本颜色词的演变史 [M]．北京：外语教学与研究出版社, 1998． • 张培基．英语声色词与翻译[M]．北京：商务印书馆, 1979． • 戴炜栋 ，华先发. 新编大学英译汉教程. 上海外语教育出版社，2011 • 王军．颜色词语在英汉语言中意义上的异同[J]．西安外国语学, 1996 (6)：21-24．
Brief Introduction
The research method: induction exemplification comparative analysis literature summarization
Literature Review
姚小平．基本颜色词理论评述 ——兼论汉语基本颜 色词的演变史[M]．北京：外语教学与研究出版社, 1998． 张培基．英语声色词与翻译[M]．北京：商务印书 馆, 1979． 王军．颜色词语在英汉语言中意义上的异同[J]．西 安外国语学, 1996 (6)：21-24．