a constractive study on cultural connotation of english and chinese color words英语专业 学位论文.doc

A Constractive Study on Cultural Connotation of English and Chinese Color Words Contents AbstractI 摘要II I.Introduction1 1.1 Introduction of Color words1 1.2 Study on Purples, contents and meaning1 II.Contract of cultural Connotations of Color Terms between English and Chinese2 2.1 Contact of cultural Connotation of Red between English and Chinese2 2.1.1 红 2.1.2 Red3 2.2 Contact of cultural Connotation of White between English and Chinese4 2.2.1 白4 2.2.2 White5 2.3 Contact of cultural Connotation of Yellow between English and Chinese6 2.3.1 黄6 2.3.2 Yellow7 III. Causes of Differences8 3.1 Natural Environment8 3.2 Perception9 3.3 Religions11 IV. Conclusion13 Bibliography14 Abstract The world we live in is very colorful. There are various color words and expressions of colors used to depict the colorful world. Though different nations have different color conceptions, basic color words/characters, such as red/ 红，white/白，yellow/黄 are in common in both English and Chinese. Basic color words/characters are always closely connected with Chinese and English cultures and reflect many different cultures of the two nations. The thesis consists of five chapters. Chapter One is the introduction of color words and the study on purples,contents and meaning. Chapter Two serves as the main body of this thesis, firstly finding out the common basic color words/characters in English and Chinese based on the theory of basic color words, then discussing the cultural connotations of English and Chinese common color words/characters in detail and contrasting the similarities and dissimilarities between them. Chapter Three probes the causes of similarities and dissimilarities including perceptions of color, natural environment, philosophy, religions, traditions and customs. Finally the paper concludes that though different nation may have different