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1、AContrastStudyonCulturalConnotationofChineseandEnglishColorfulWords?1.IntroductionColorfulfieldisanimportantfieldforhumantorecognizetheworld.Besidestheirphysicalintrinsicqualities,variouscolorscontaindifferentculturalconnotations.?2.Nationsintheworldhaveso
2、mecommonpointsonnaturalcolorsFortheeffectofgeneralityandpermeationbetweencultures,nationsintheworldoftenendowacertaincolorwithasamesymbolizedmeaning.Generallyspeaking,redisanardentcolor,meaningjoyandhappiness;greeniscalled“thecoloroflife”,showingthevitalit
3、yofyouthandvigorouslife;whiteiscleanandelegant,withthemeaningofbeingpure,simple,andnatural;blue,however,ispeacefulandquiet,containingaprofoundimplicationandoftenmakepeoplecarefreeandpleasant.AnotherexampleistheflagofinternationalOlympics.Therearesixdiffere
4、ntcolorsontheflag.Thebottomcoloriswhite,symbolizingthepurefriendshipandstraightforwardcompetitionbetweennations.Fivecolorfulringslinkwitheachotherinthecenter:theblueonestandforEurope,yellowforAsia,black,Africa,green,Oceania,andredforAmerica（張安德，2002:86）#.L
5、inkingwitheachothersymbolizestheunityoffivecontinents.Thisflaghasbeenusedformorethan90years;itsprofoundimplicationhasbeenunderstoodandwidelyacceptedbypeopleofdifferentcountries.?3.AcontraststudyonculturalconnotationbetweenChineseandEnglishcolorfulwordswith
6、examplesHowever,eventhoughChineseandEnglishnationshaveanearlysameunderstandingtonaturalcolors,theirdistinguishedculturalbackgroundscausethemtohavedifferentfeelingabouttheassociativemeaning,implication,andallusionofcolors.Therearesomanyfactors:custom,geogra
7、phicalcondition,wayofthinking,religiousbelief,andnationalpsychology,aswellasthedifferenceoflanguageexpression（金惠康,2002:34）.Peoplehavedifferentemotiontocolor,incommendationorderogatorysense.Allthesefactorsformdifferentcolorfulconnotationwiththeirowncharacte
8、ristic.ThefollowingaresomeexamplesofdifferentcolorfulconnotationofChineseandEnglish.?3.1.Redvs.“紅”andtheirculturalconnotationsAccordingtoChinesetradition,redisajoyouscolor,meaningjoyandhappiness.Forthousandso
