论英语和汉语色彩词的文化内涵

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On the Cultural Connotation of English
and Chinese Color Words

Abstract: This paper makes a brief analysis on different connotation of color words by taking English and Chinese color words as examples so as to illuminate the topic specifically. For the complexity and versatility of color words’ cultural meanings and functions, this paper attempts to analyze and explore the connotation of English and Chinese color words by citing a large number of examples and referring to some scholars’ previous scientific theories and works. This paper first states the significance of researching the connotation of color words. Then it analyses the meaning and connotation of English and Chinese color words, revealing the differences by contrasting. It also investigates the relationship between color words and other social factors. At last, this paper explores the functions of color words. In addition, seeing the cultural differences of English and Chinese, this paper analyses the connotation of color words by adopting examples from literature works.
Key words: culture; color words; connotation

论英语和汉语色彩词的文化内涵

摘要: 本文将结合汉语和英语色彩词有关例子，浅析英语和汉语色彩的不同文化内涵。由于色彩词的文化意义、功能等方面的复杂性和多面性，本文将采用大量的事实作为依据，并借鉴前人的科学理论，对英汉色彩词的文化含义进行分析和研究。本文首先阐释了色彩词文化内涵研究的重要意义；接着分析英语和汉语色彩词的意义和内涵，通过对比分析英汉色彩词的不同文化内涵，阐述了色彩词在社会其他元素中的应用和它们之间的关系；最后分析了色彩词的各种功能。另外本文将从英汉两种文化存在的差异角度出发，结合多部文学作品进行分析研究，进一步呈现英汉色彩词的文化含义。
关键词: 文化; 色彩词；文化内涵

目  录

Abstract. v
摘要 v
Outline vi
提纲 vii
1. Introduction 1
1.1 Origin of color words 2
1.2 Definition of connotation 3
1.3 Introduction of English color words 3
1.4 Introduction of Chinese color words 4
2. Classification of English and Chinese color words and comparison of their basic meanings 5
2.1 Classification of color words 5
2.1.1 Basic color words 6
2.1.2 Color words with colors of objects 6
2.1.3 Mixed color words 7
2.2 Comparison of basic meanings 7
2.2.1 The same word with the same meaning 7
2.2.2 The same word with partially the same meaning 8
2.2.3 The same word with different meaning 8
2.2.4 Semantic vacancy 8
3. Connotation of English and Chinese color words 9
3.1 Red 9
3.2 White 10
3.3 Black 11
3.4 Green 12
3.5 Yellow 12
3.6 Blue 12
3.7 Some other colors 13
4. English and Chinese color words with some other social factors 13
4.1 Color words and politics 13
4.2 Color words and economy 13

4.3 Color words and taboo 14
5. Conclusion 14
Works Cited 15