The Pragmatic Functions and Cultural Differences of Color Words
【Abstract】Color relates to people very closely with the development ofsociety and culture people’ s understanding of color is not confided to the visualcharacteristics of color itself besides people give color cultural connotation andactual meanings. In language the unique glamour that the color words demonstratemakes people regard them with special esteem.Color words describe colors of naturewith different cultural implications. They have unique linguistic functions andsymbolic connotations. Colors play an indispensable part in our life and it’s aneffective way to learn the different culture.There is an increase in mis-understandingand communicative barriers because of frequent cross-cultural communication.Chinese and English color words possess different cultural meanings and connotationdue to the difference in customs and habits history and traditions religions andbeliefs geographic locations national psychology and ways of thinking.Thus it’s easy to make mistakes on understanding and comprehension.The methods used inthe research procedure are like this collect some representative color words bothfrom Chinese and English and take them as samples then make a comparisonbetween cultural connotations.According to the comparison make a summary aboutthe differences of color words between China and England. This thesis brings adiscussion of cultural differences between English and Chinese color words.Colorwords in learning English is very important. It can help us t make a betterunderstanding of the culture difference of both nations and achieve the effectivecross-culture co mmunicatio n.
【Key words】 co lor cultural connotation cultural differences
1.Intro d uc t io n
Nowadays we live in a colorful wor1 d——green trees red flowers blue seaand so on-colors make things vivid and give human beings inspiration.Human beginto use color words to express invisible and abstract feelings.Color is closely related toour daily life with abundant culture connotation which is a crucial object forlanguage culture and translation.“Color word”indicates the word which is used tostand for a kind of color.Color word is an essential part of language and cultureimp lic at io ns.
When we learn a new word we tend to look for its meaning in the word itself.Yetin addition to its dictionary meanings the same word may stir up differentassociations in people because of cultural differences. In our daily life color wordsare the common illustrations of the cultural differences in language use. In Chineseand English cultures color words are in the same way influenced by cultures andused widely in people’ s daily life.2.Relationship between color and culture
gigsgigsCloud日本东京软银VPS的大带宽配置有100Mbps、150Mbps和200Mbps三种,三网都走软银直连,售价最低9.8美元/月、年付98美元。gigsgigscloud带宽较大延迟低,联通用户的好选择!Gigsgigscloud 日本软银(BBTEC, SoftBank)线路,在速度/延迟/价格方面,是目前联通用户海外VPS的最佳选择,与美国VPS想比,日本软银VPS延迟更...
湖南百纵科技有限公司是一家具有ISP ICP 电信增值许可证的正规公司,多年不断转型探索现已颇具规模,公司成立于2009年 通过多年经营积累目前已独具一格,公司主要经营有国内高防服务器,香港服务器,美国服务器,站群服务器,东南亚服务器租用,国内香港美国云服务器,以及全球专线业务!活动方案:主营:1、美国CN2云服务器,美国VPS,美国高防云主机,美国独立服务器,美国站群服务器,美国母机。2、香港C...
搬瓦工最新优惠码优惠码:BWH3HYATVBJW,节约6.58%,全场通用!搬瓦工关闭香港 PCCW 机房通知下面提炼一下邮件的关键信息,原文在最后面。香港 CN2 GIA 机房自从 2020 年上线以来,网络性能大幅提升,所有新订单都默认部署在香港 CN2 GIA 机房;目前可以免费迁移到香港 CN2 GIA 机房,在 KiwiVM 控制面板选择 HKHK_8 机房进行迁移即可,迁移会改变 IP...