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Chinese and English Cultural Differences Reflected in Color Terms A Thesis Submitted to Xingtan College Qufu Normal University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Bachelor of Arts ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I am deeply indebted to Zhu He, my supervisor, who has given me constant and valuable advice, read my drafts through meticulously and offered incisive comments on them. Without her help, the thesis could never have reached its present form. I am also grateful to Professor Yu Jie and Professor Sun Huaxiang who has made me improve a lot in English literature and has shown me the fascinating world of English language and western culture, given me valuable advice and polished the thesis as well. My sincere gratitude also goes to all my teachers who have given me excellent lectures and great help, which are indispensable to the completion of this thesis. I also give my hearty thanks to all my classmates who had offered generous help and useful suggestions in the process of writing this thesis. Finally, I would like to express my appreciation to all the writers whose works have been referred to in this thesis. 摘 要 语言不仅是文化的一部分，而且可以如镜子般反映文化。语言不仅仅可以描述事实、事件或者是其本身的意思，也可以体现人们的思想、价值观和国家的心理认同感等。不同文化的人对相同的语言有不同的反应。日常生活中，颜色词的使用可以体现文化的不同。我们不仅应当注意到颜色词的基本意义，而且也应该注意到其延伸意义。由于文化各异，英汉颜色词的象征意义也不同。因此，有时一种颜色在一个国家很受欢迎而在另一个国家却成了禁语。我们可以通过分析颜色词的象征意义来找出汉英文化的差异。在现实生活中，几乎所有的事物都可以用颜色词来表示，例如，政治、经济，甚至是人的性格。本文将通过分析红色、黑色、白色和黄色的不同象征意义找出英汉文化的差异。 关键词：颜色词；象征意义；文化差异；习语 ABSTRACT Language is not only a part of culture but also a mirror of it. A language can’t merely express facts, events and basic meaning of itself. At the same time, it can also represent people’s thought, values and even the national psychology. People of different cultures respond to a certain language in different ways. In our daily life, color words are the common illustration of cultural differences in language use. It should b