Cultural-Differences-of-Color-Words-in-Chinese-and-English.docx

ResearchProposalITitleofthethesisCulturalDifTCrCnCeSofColorWordsinChineseandEnglish中英文颜色词的文化差异111.iteraturereviewDifferentcultureshavedifferentwaysofpresentingpointsofviewandofdrawingconclusions.Thewesternwaysofpresentingargumentativecasesanddrawingconclusionsisgenerallycharacterizedbyprecision,clarity,directness,explicitness,anddctailcdncss.Incontrast,Chineseapproachismoreassociatedwithvagueness,ambiguity,storiesinsteadoffacts,indirectarguments,beingreservedandsensitivetosituationsorcontexts.DifferentpatternsOfthinkingalsodeterminediITcrcnlwaysofbehaving,sayingthings,presentingtheirarguments,anddrawingtheirconclusions.Inotherwords,wenowknowthatwhatisconsideredknowledgeorlogicalthinkingmayvarygreatlyacrosscultures.1.anguagesdifferenormouslyfromoneanother,andthesedifferencesarcrelatedtoimportantdifferencesinthecustomsandbehaviorsandotheraspectsoftheculturesinwhichthoselanguagereside.Inaword,languageisamirrorofculture.Hereinmythesis.ImainlyfocusonsomecolorwordsbothinChineseandEnglish.Wcknowtherearemanyconspicuouscontrastsbetweenthetwolanguages,sothecolorwordsare.Scholarshaveexploredthemforhundredsofyears.Iaminterestedinthissubjecteither.IwritethispaperbasedontheresearchofthosegreatPerSOnSandroughlyexploretheculturalandlinguisticgapbetweenthetwolanguagesconcerned.Thescientificresearchshowsthattherearcasmanyastwomillionkindsofidentifiedcolorsintheworld.BoihChineseandEnglishhaveagreatquantityofdifferentwordstodepictcolors.Theyarcsimilarlyclassifiedingeneral.Butduetodifferentculiurcs,differencesexistundoubtedlyinthetwolanguages.Inthispaper.Iwillexpressmythoughtsfromfollowingaspects:differentcustoms,isories,religionsandliteraturesofthetwolanguages,the(Ievelopnienisofthetwolanguagesinthefollowingfutureandsoon.Inconclusion,thediferentusesofcolorwordsinChineseandEnglisharetightlyconnectedwiththedifferentculturesofthetwolanguages.I11KeypointsCuliiirc:Itisacomplexcollectionofexperienceswhichconditiondailylife;itincludeshistorj.socialstructure,religion,traditionalcustomsandCYerydayusage.Cultureisanevasiveaswellasacomprehensiveconcept,andanall-encompassingfo11norpatternIbrliving.Whatpeopledo.howtheyact,andhowtheyliveandCommIlniCaICarcallresponsestotheirculture.SinceWChumanbeingsliveinthesamematerialworld,peoplealloveritdohaveagreatnumberofthingsincommon.Thatmakesourcommunicationpossiblewithpeoplefromvariouscultures.1.anguage:Sincecultureisdefinedas*,thetotalwayoflifeofapeople",nothingisofgreaterimx)11ancetlanthelanguagethroughwhichitsbeliefsareexpressedandtransmittedandbywhichmostinteractionsofitsmemberstakeplace.Infact,languageplayssuchavitalroleinculturethatsomesocialscientistsconsideritthekeystoneofculture.Withoutlanguage,theymaintain,culturewouldnotbepossible.RelationshipbetweenCulture,1.anguage,andTranslation:Mytopicofthisthesisisthecontrastsofcolorwordsintwolanguages:ChineseandEnglish.Thatwillinevitablyconnectthedi11erenttranslationsofthetwolanguagestogether.Tlierefone,therelationshipbetweenculture,language,andtranslationisc11cialpartofthispaper.Therelationshipbetweenlanguageandcultureisdialectical.Iheintimaterelationshipbetweenlanguageandcultureleadsnaturallytothatbetweencultureandtranslation.Translationisrepresentationinonelanguageofwhatiswrittenorsaidinanotherlanguage.It'sabilingualartbecausetwodifferentlanguagesareinvolvedinthisactivity.Colorwords:Inourdailylife,colorwordsarcthecommonillustrationsoftheculturaldifferencesinlanguageuse.InChineseandEnglishcultures,colorwordsareinthesamewayinfluencedbycultures,andusedwidelyinpeople'sdailylife.Colorwordscontainalotofdeepmeanings,andimplydifferentethnicfeelings.Ifwedonottakeintoaccounttheimpactofculturaldifferences,wearedifficulttounderstandtheimplicitmeaningsofcolorwords.IVOutlineIntroduction1、RelationshipbetweenculturaldifferencesandcolorwordsinChineseandEnglish1.1 Influencesoftraditionalcustomsincolorwords1.2 Historicalfactors1.3 Differentfavorsofdifferentethnics1.4 Religiousinfluences1.5 1.iteralallusions2、SpecificcontrastsofseveralcolorwordsinChineseaulEnglish2.1 RedinChineseandEnglish2.2 BlackinChineseandEnglish2.3 WhiteinChineseandEnglish2.4 BlueandGreeninChineseandEnglish3、Trendsofdevelopmentinuseofcolorwords3.1 Economicdevelopments3.2 Sociallifedevelopments3.3 IntcrculturaldevelopmentsConclusionVBibliographyIBaugh.A.C.&ThomasCable.AHistoryoftheEnglish1.anguageM.Peking:Foreign1.anguageTeachingalResearchPress,2(X)1.2 Gill.R.MasteringEnglish1.iterature(M.1.ondon:MacMillanEducation.1985.3 Hornby.A.S.OxfordAdvanced1.earner'sDictionaryofCurrentEnglish(Z.1.ondon:OxfonlUniversity.1974.4Knowles.G.ACulturalHistoryoftheEnglish1.anguageM.U.S.A.:AH<xidcrArnoldPublication.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