A Comparison of Cultural Connotations between English and Chinese Color Words and Phrases

A Comparison of Cultural Connotations between English and Chinese Color Words and Phrases

于国芳

【期刊名称】《科技信息》 【年(卷),期】2007(000)010

【摘要】In social anthropology, \a catch word for all those patterns of thinking, feeling, and acting. It is always a collective phenomenon, because it is at least partly shared with people who live or lived within the same social environment. Culture can be classified into several layers of which historical, regional, religious, and social cultures are discussed in this paper. Language and culture are closely related. Certain language reflects certain culture in which the language is used. As two different languages, Chinese and English have their own cultural characteristics and connotations. This paper compares the cultural connotations of Chinese and English color words to see how important the cultural background of a language is in cross-cultural communication.

【总页数】3页(116-117,42)

【关键词】Culture;Cultural

Connotations;Color

Words

and

Phrases;Cross-cultural Communication 【作者】于国芳

【作者单位】广州大学松田学院外语系,广东,广州,511370

【正文语种】中文 【中图分类】H13 【相关文献】

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