从颜色词看英汉语言中的文化差异

Researching Cultural Differences between English and Chinese from Color Words

色彩与人类的生活息息相关,是人类认识世界的一个重要领域。色彩不仅具有物理属性,还有着丰富的文化内涵和延伸意义。由于各民族在政治经济制度、历史变迁、思维习惯以及表达方式、文化传统、风俗习惯、自然环境、生活条件和感情色彩等方面存在着差异,颜色词语表现着各民族独特的“个性”,带有显著的文化烙印。

Color is very close to people's life. It is an important field for people to understand world. Color not only has physics property, but also has rich intension and stretchy meanings. People of different nation often have different feeling about the same color as a result of their different cultural and history background. So color shows differences between different social cultures. Cultural difference about color is discussed between English and Chinese in this article. Through this research, it is much beneficial for us to grasp cultural differences between English and Chinese, and to improve our English level.