从中西文化差异看英汉颜色词的象征意义

汉英语言中表示颜色的词语十分丰富。我们不仅要观察它们本身的基本意义,更要洞察它们的象征意义,因为它们的象征意义在不同民族语言中有不同的特点。这种不同文化之间颜色象征意义的差异是由于各自民族的文化历史背景、审美心理的不同而产生的,是在社会发展、历史沉淀的产物,是一种永久性的文化现象。本文试图从中西文化对比的角度,去分析、探究几个典型颜色词的象征意义。

The words about color in English and Chinese are very richful. We must not only observe the basic meaning of their own, but also we have to pay attention to the deep symbolic meaning, because their symbolic meaning often have different characteristics in different national languages. This article attempts to compare Chinese and Western culture from the symbolism of color words.