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1、AContrastStudyonCulturalConnotationofChineseandEnglishColorfulWords?1.IntroductionColorfulfieldisanimportantfieldforhumantorecognizetheworld.Besidestheirphysicalintrinsicqualities,variouscolorscontaindifferentculturalconnotations.?2.Nationsintheworldhavesomecommonpointsonnaturalcolor
2、sFortheeffectofgeneralityandpermeationbetweencultures,nationsintheworldoftenendowacertaincolorwithasamesymbolizedmeaning.Generallyspeaking,redisanardentcolor,meaningjoyandhappiness;greeniscalled“thecoloroflife”,showingthevitalityofyouthandvigorouslife;whiteiscleanandelegant,withtheme
3、aningofbeingpure,simple,andnatural;blue,however,ispeacefulandquiet,containingaprofoundimplicationandoftenmakepeoplecarefreeandpleasant.AnotherexampleistheflagofinternationalOlympics.Therearesixdifferentcolorsontheflag.Thebottomcoloriswhite,symbolizingthepurefriendshipandstraightforwa
4、rdcompetitionbetweennations.Fivecolorfulringslinkwitheachotherinthecenter:theblueonestandforEurope,yellowforAsia,black,Africa,green,Oceania,andredforAmerica(張安德,2002:86)#.Linkingwitheachothersymbolizestheunityoffivecontinents.Thisflaghasbeenusedformorethan90years;itsprofoundimplicati
5、onhasbeenunderstoodandwidelyacceptedbypeopleofdifferentcountries.?3.AcontraststudyonculturalconnotationbetweenChineseandEnglishcolorfulwordswithexamplesHowever,eventhoughChineseandEnglishnationshaveanearlysameunderstandingtonaturalcolors,theirdistinguishedculturalbackgroundscausethem
6、tohavedifferentfeelingabouttheassociativemeaning,implication,andallusionofcolors.Therearesomanyfactors:custom,geographicalcondition,wayofthinking,religiousbelief,andnationalpsychology,aswellasthedifferenceoflanguageexpression(金惠康,2002:34).Peoplehavedifferentemotiontocolor,incommendat
7、ionorderogatorysense.Allthesefactorsformdifferentcolorfulconnotationwiththeirowncharacteristic.ThefollowingaresomeexamplesofdifferentcolorfulconnotationofChineseandEnglish.?3.1.Redvs.“紅”andtheirculturalconnotationsAccordingtoChinesetradition,redisajoyouscolor,meaningjoyandhappiness.F
8、orthousandso