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1、ResearchProposalITitleofthethesisCulturalDifTCrCnCeSofColorWordsinChineseandEnglish中英文颜色词的文化差异111.iteraturereviewDifferentcultureshavedifferentwaysofpresentingpointsofviewandofdrawingconclusions.Thewesternwaysofpresentingargumentativecasesanddrawingconclusionsisgenerallycharacterizedbyprecision,clar

2、ity,directness,explicitness,anddctailcdncss.Incontrast,Chineseapproachismoreassociatedwithvagueness,ambiguity,storiesinsteadoffacts,indirectarguments,beingreservedandsensitivetosituationsorcontexts.DifferentpatternsOfthinkingalsodeterminediITcrcnlwaysofbehaving,sayingthings,presentingtheirarguments,

3、anddrawingtheirconclusions.Inotherwords,wenowknowthatwhatisconsideredknowledgeorlogicalthinkingmayvarygreatlyacrosscultures.1.anguagesdifferenormouslyfromoneanother,andthesedifferencesarcrelatedtoimportantdifferencesinthecustomsandbehaviorsandotheraspectsoftheculturesinwhichthoselanguagereside.Inawo

4、rd,languageisamirrorofculture.Hereinmythesis.ImainlyfocusonsomecolorwordsbothinChineseandEnglish.Wcknowtherearemanyconspicuouscontrastsbetweenthetwolanguages,sothecolorwordsare.Scholarshaveexploredthemforhundredsofyears.Iaminterestedinthissubjecteither.IwritethispaperbasedontheresearchofthosegreatPe

5、rSOnSandroughlyexploretheculturalandlinguisticgapbetweenthetwolanguagesconcerned.Thescientificresearchshowsthattherearcasmanyastwomillionkindsofidentifiedcolorsintheworld.BoihChineseandEnglishhaveagreatquantityofdifferentwordstodepictcolors.Theyarcsimilarlyclassifiedingeneral.Butduetodifferentculiur

6、cs,differencesexistundoubtedlyinthetwolanguages.Inthispaper.Iwillexpressmythoughtsfromfollowingaspects:differentcustoms,isories,religionsandliteraturesofthetwolanguages,the(Ievelopnienisofthetwolanguagesinthefollowingfutureandsoon.Inconclusion,thediferentusesofcolorwordsinChineseandEnglisharetightly

7、connectedwiththedifferentculturesofthetwolanguages.I11KeypointsCuliiirc:Itisacomplexcollectionofexperienceswhichconditiondailylife;itincludeshistorj.socialstructure,religion,traditionalcustomsandCYerydayusage.Cultureisanevasiveaswellasacomprehensiveconcept,andanall-encompassingfo11norpatternIbrlivin

8、g.Whatpeopledo.howtheyact,andhowtheyliveandCommIlniCaICarcallresponsestotheirculture.SinceWChumanbeingsliveinthesamematerialworld,peoplealloveritdohaveagreatnumberofthingsincommon.Thatmakesourcommunicationpossiblewithpeoplefromvariouscultures.1.anguage:Sincecultureisdefinedas*,thetotalwayoflifeofape

9、ople,nothingisofgreaterimx)11ancetlanthelanguagethroughwhichitsbeliefsareexpressedandtransmittedandbywhichmostinteractionsofitsmemberstakeplace.Infact,languageplayssuchavitalroleinculturethatsomesocialscientistsconsideritthekeystoneofculture.Withoutlanguage,theymaintain,culturewouldnotbepossible.Rel

10、ationshipbetweenCulture,1.anguage,andTranslation:Mytopicofthisthesisisthecontrastsofcolorwordsintwolanguages:ChineseandEnglish.Thatwillinevitablyconnectthedi11erenttranslationsofthetwolanguagestogether.Tlierefone,therelationshipbetweenculture,language,andtranslationisc11cialpartofthispaper.Therelati

11、onshipbetweenlanguageandcultureisdialectical.Iheintimaterelationshipbetweenlanguageandcultureleadsnaturallytothatbetweencultureandtranslation.Translationisrepresentationinonelanguageofwhatiswrittenorsaidinanotherlanguage.Itsabilingualartbecausetwodifferentlanguagesareinvolvedinthisactivity.Colorword

12、s:Inourdailylife,colorwordsarcthecommonillustrationsoftheculturaldifferencesinlanguageuse.InChineseandEnglishcultures,colorwordsareinthesamewayinfluencedbycultures,andusedwidelyinpeoplesdailylife.Colorwordscontainalotofdeepmeanings,andimplydifferentethnicfeelings.Ifwedonottakeintoaccounttheimpactofc

13、ulturaldifferences,wearedifficulttounderstandtheimplicitmeaningsofcolorwords.IVOutlineIntroduction1、RelationshipbetweenculturaldifferencesandcolorwordsinChineseandEnglish1.1 Influencesoftraditionalcustomsincolorwords1.2 Historicalfactors1.3 Differentfavorsofdifferentethnics1.4 Religiousinfluences1.5

14、 1.iteralallusions2、SpecificcontrastsofseveralcolorwordsinChineseaulEnglish2.1 RedinChineseandEnglish2.2 BlackinChineseandEnglish2.3 WhiteinChineseandEnglish2.4 BlueandGreeninChineseandEnglish3、Trendsofdevelopmentinuseofcolorwords3.1 Economicdevelopments3.2 Sociallifedevelopments3.3 Intcrculturaldev

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16、.1974.4Knowles.G.ACulturalHistoryoftheEnglish1.anguageM.U.S.A.:AHxidcrArnoldPublication.1997.51.ott.B.CourseinEnglish1.anguageand1.iterature(MJ.U.S.A.:EdwardArnOld,1989.6Wales,K.NorthernEnglish:ASocialandCulturalHistoryM.1.ondon:CambridgeUniversityPress,2006.7 WuWcizcn.HiStoryandAnthologyofEnglish1.iteratureM.Beijing:Foreign1.anguageTeachingandResearchPress.2l.8 YangYan