英汉基本颜色词对比研究.doc

本 科 毕 业 论 文A comparative study of English and Chinese basic color words英汉基本色彩词的比较研究 年 6 月Acknowledgements I am greatly in debt to a number of people, without whose help this thesis could not be completed. First of all, I must show my great gratitude to my supervisor Wu Ying, whose helpful suggestions have contributed greatly to the completion of this thesis. I owe her special thanks for providing me solid and abundant advice and instructions.My sincere thanks should go to all the other teachers in the English department for their instructions and inspiring courses, which I took during my four-year study. These courses they gave really count a lot for this thesis.Finally, I will express my thanks to my family who have shown patience and understanding in the entire period of this work. The biggest thanks must go to my parents who, though unable to support me theoretically, encourage me spiritually.毕业论文外文摘要A Comparative Study of Basic Color Terms in English and ChineseAbstract: Language is the carrier of the culture. Color words, as a special classification in the language vocabulary system, which have striking characteristics and historical inheritance, not only make human language more ample and vivid, but also let us understand rich and hidden culture through them. Color terms in Chinese and English reflect physical property of the color as well as national marks, and develop accompanied by evolution of their own cultures．It is well-known that the formation of the meaning of color words is the result of the effect of many elements such as culture, politics, folk-custom, production practice and religion. Moreover, these color words have been inherited from generation to generation and acquire their own cultural implications. The paper chooses the six basic color terms that are widely accepted by scholars to make a comparative analysis of cultural connotations of basic color terms in English and Chinese, and further confirms that connotations of color terms embody culture. Then, the features and the causes of connotations of basic color words can be drawn through the study. At last, the paper states the significance of knowing the connotations when we are dealing with cross-cultural communication and foreign language study.Key words: basic color words; culture; cultural connotations; characteristics; cultural causes; functions毕业论文中文摘要英汉基本颜色词对比研究摘 要：语言是文化的载体，颜色词，作为语言词汇系统中一种特殊的分类，有着它明显的特性和历史传承，不仅使人类的语言更加丰富、生动，并且通过它，我们可以理解颜色词背后所蕴含的丰富的各民族文化。

由于颜色词汇不仅反映着颜色的物理属性，也折射出文化的属性，并随着文化的演变而演变众所周知，基本颜色词意义的形成是一种民族文化、政治、民俗、生产实践等多元化因素长期作用的成果，并且世代传承，并在此基本上逐渐形成各具特色的颜色文化内涵本文重要分析探讨了汉英两种语言中六个基本颜色词的文化内涵差别，总结获知基本颜色词语义的特点，进而挖掘和分析导致词义内涵差别的文化成因，文章最后揭示了掌握英汉基本颜色词所传承的文化内涵在跨文化交际及外语学习等领域的重要意义核心词：基本颜色词；文化；文化内涵；特点；文化成因；意义Contents1 Introduction………………………………………………………………………12 Basic Color Terms and Colors of Culture…………………………………………12.1 Basic Color Terms……………………………………………...……………12.2 Colors and Cultures...…...……………………………………………………33 A Comparative Study of Cultural Connotations of Basic Color Words in Chinese and English……………………………………………………………………………44 Characteristics of Cultural Connotations of Basic Color Words………………….94.1 Multiple Meanings in Cultural Connotations….....……….…………………….9 4.2 Double Semantic Meanings…………………………………………………...94.3 The Reflection of Nationality in the Cultural Connotations………………104.4 The Characteristic of Changing with Time in the Cultural Connotations…….115 Main Reasons for Different Cultural Connotations between Chinese and English Color Words ……….…………………………………..………...…………………..115.1 Different Customs………………………………………...……………………115.2 The Influence of Historical Events …………………………………………….125.3 The Influence of Religion and Art……………………………………………..12 6 The Implication of Understanding the Cultural Connotations of Basic Color Words………………………………………………………………………………...136.1 Sensitiveness to Different Cultures………………………………...................14 6.2 Cultivation of Intercultural Communicative Competence……………………146.3 Eliminating the Cultural Blindness of Color Words in Foreign Language Learning……………………………………………………………………………....15Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………16References……………………………………………………………………………17Listing of Tables：Table 1 Color/element/nature/orientation/season relationships…………………......3Table 2 Double semantic meanings of the six basic color words…………………..11. IntroductionEverything our eyes can perceive, the environment we are confronted with and surrounded by, the diversity of objects, be it natural or man-made and even human beings themselves is more or less marked by the appearance of color. Since color is that important, it is necessary for human beings to create color vocabulary to express. Therefore，there are great number of color terms recording color of the world; these color terms are often used in human language.Culture, not only does determine how we s。