Studies on the Cultural Connotations of the Six English Color Words
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完成时间：2014年1月5日
Studies on the Cultural Connotations of the Six English Color Words
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Abstract: The German linguistician J圣诞袜子·Green said, on the cultures of different nations in the world, it’s their languages that is more vivid than their bones, tools and tombs to prove their cultures. Actually, language is deeply embedded in the culture. It is the cultural treasure handed down through years. According to the statistics, there are more than five thousand kinds of languages in the world. Among the languages, we have not found any language
that has no color words. As an important part of the human language, color words are cloly related to our life. There are many color words in English, which make the English culture more colorful and wonderful. In the long historical process, when we u and enrich our language, we also give the color words many different social significance and cultural connotations. The paper aims to briefly analyze the six English basic color words: red, yellow, black, blue and green, and explores their cultural connotations by the analysis of its religion, history, politics and economy.
Key words: English; color words; cultural connotation
摘要：德国语言学家J·Green曾说，关于各民族的情况，有一种比骨骼、工具、墓葬更为生动的证据，那就是他们的语言。确实，语言是深深植根于文化的东西，是我们祖先历经千百万年流传下来的文化财富。据统计，世界上有超过五千种语言，但是，在如此多的语言种类中，我们还没有发现一种完全没有颜色词的语言。颜色词作为人类语言不可缺少的一个重要组成部分，与我们的生活密切相关。英语中存在着大量的颜色词，这些颜色词使得英语文化更加丰富多彩、绚烂多姿。在漫长的历史过程中，人们在使用和丰富语言的同
时，也赋予了这些颜色词不同的社会意义和文化内涵，本文拟对红、黄、黑、白、蓝、绿这六种基本颜色词进行分析，并从宗教历史、政治经济等方面探究它们的文化内涵。
才女关键词：英语；颜色词；文化内涵
1.Introduction
Human language is a dispensable part of human culture. Our culture contains our language; On the contrary, our language can reflect our culture. We express our feelings by language, so our language contains rich cultural information. There are many English color words existing in English language. The color words have largely enriched the English culture. English color words can not only describe the different colors, but also reflect our feelings and mood. In the book 读书节书签The spirit of the art, the founder of the modern abstract art, Wassily Kandinsky had pointed out that colors can directly influence our feelings and emotions. [1] During the long process of the development and use of language, we have given many cultural connotations to the color words. Besides, different nations have given their unique connotations of their own nations to their color w
ords. In this ca, it’s necessary to master the mantic origins and cultural connotations of the English color words, which is beneficial for us to learn the language and culture of the Anglo-American countries.
2.Symbols of English color words
Color is a dispensable part of our life. Can you imagine what the world would be if we lost all the colors? I think it must be a pale world and we wouldn’t live a happy and colorful life, becau colors are pleasing to the eye and satisfying to the heart. Color words are nsory words, which is an important part of human language. In our daily life, we often u color words in different occasions to show our meanings instead of say something directly, which can achieve a better effect. In Chine culture, we have many color words, such as red, black, white, yellow, green, blue, and purple and so on. Both of them have positive and negative meanings when using on different occasions. 哪天入伏We have given them many symbolic meanings. Similarly, English color words also have many different special symbolic meanings, and we can e them in many literary works.
English color words not only describe the colors, but also play an important role in expressing the ideological contents of words and enhancing the appeals of language. They also have totally different meanings, references and analogies to the different languages, different cultures.分公司和子公司的区别 [2]
2.1Red
Red is an eye-catching color. It is the color of fire and blood. In China, people regard the red color as an auspicious color, and we u this color in the weddings, celebrations and ceremonies. But in Anglo- American countries, people have given many 绘画国旗cultural connotations and associative meanings to the color red in English during the u of the English color words. It not only symbolizes auspiciousness and abundant energy, but also reminds us of blood, violence, danger and xual passion.
冬虫夏草的作用2.1.1 Symbols of auspiciousness and enthusiasm
“A red letter day” means the festal occasions and an auspicious moment. People often us
e this phra on the festive days. “A red-carpet welcome” means to welcome somebody in a solemn ceremony. For example, the ntence “President Jiang Zeming received a red-carpet welcome in USA” means that President Jiang received the warm welcome from the Americans. What’s more, the national flower of the US is the red ros, which reprent enthusiasm. In the poem My Love is a Red, Red Ro; the Robert Burns ud double “red” to emphasize his love to his sweetheart. Nowadays, people in many countries give red ros to his or her sweetheart as a prent on the Valentine’s Day to show their love. On Mother’s Day, people often give their mother the red carnation to show their love and respect to 4字成语大全their mother.
