中英文中颜色词的比较研究.doc

泰州高等师范专科学校 外语系毕业论文 A Contrastive Study of Color Words in English and Chinese 中英文中颜色词的比较研究 专 业：英语教育 姓 名: Penny 指导教师：杨卉卉 论文提交日期：2010年5月10日 A Contrastive Study of Color Words in English and Chinese Abstract: There are lots of words which stand for color in English and Chinese. But the meaning of color words in these languages has a huge difference. We not only need to pay attention to their basic connotation, but also observe their profound symbolized meaning. Peoples actual life is closely related to color. There are many color expressions, which reflect different culture psychologies and emotional colorings both in Chinese and English. Because the mankind has the same physiological mechanism and vision nerve, the color words are no different in essence, theoretically. However, because of various language culture, historical background, religious belief, mode of thinking, etc. in different nationality, peoples impression of color and expression are different, and the associative meaning produced by the color has nothing in common with each other. There are different and various color words and expressions in English and Chinese. Sometimes it is difficult to find equivalent expression in one language. We need to know these differences; it is good for overcoming the cultural conflict and fostering the communication between the nations. 中英有许多代表颜色的词，但颜色词的意思又大不相同。我们不仅仅要注意它们的基本含义，还要观察它们深刻的象征意思。在中英语中，有很多颜色表达，反映着不同的文化心理和情感色彩。颜色是一种视觉影响，因为人类有同样的心理机制和视觉神经，理论上讲，颜色词在本质上没有区别。但因为不同文化，历史背景，宗教信仰，思维方式等，不同的国家，人们对颜色的认知和表达也不同，颜色的联想意义也不同。中英语中有大量不同的颜色词和表达，有时很难找到对应的表达。我们必须了解这些区别，它有助于我们克服文化冲突，促进国家间的交流。 Key words: comparison, color, English, Chinese, different，meaning The color is a kind of human beings aesthesia in the objective world. Various colors exist in the nature or in social life. A colorful nature offers human beings a more interesting living place, otherwise a dull world. Due to different geographical location, cult