从颜色词“黄”看英汉民族的思维特征 英语学专业

1、题 目从颜色词“黄” 看英汉民族的思维特征AcknowledgmentsFirst, I want to express my sincere gratitude to all those who helped me during the writing of the thesis. My deepest gratitude goes first and foremost to Professor Li Qiang, my supervisor, for his instructive advice and useful suggestions on my thesis. Without hi

2、s constant encouragement and guidance, I could not have finished thesis on schedule. I am deeply grateful of his help in the completion of this thesis.Second, with the profound knowledge and writing guidance of teacher, Mr. Li Qiang, I have acquired a lot useful things in this class. Meanwhile, He l

3、ed us to do much practice in the writing of thesis, and learned how to write a thesis well. I also owe a special debt of gratitude to all the teachers and professors in Foreign Language Institute, from whose devoted teaching and enlightening lectures I have benefited a lot and academically prepared

4、for the thesis. Finally, I still express my sincere gratitude to my friends and my fellow classmates who gave me help and spent their time helping me work out problems during the difficult course of the thesis.AbstractThere are abundant of color words in the Chinese language and the English language

5、, as the color is a true reflection of the objective things, its semantic meaning surface in the English language and the Chinese language is consistent. Nevertheless, due to differences in history and culture, ethnic customs, religious beliefs, regional environment and so on, English and Chinese ha

6、ve different meanings in the same color. Sapir has said that language is a view of world, it reflects the influence different peoples values. The color of yellow is frequently used in both the English language and the Chinese language. This thesis aims at collecting words from the authoritative dict

7、ionary of Chinese and English and Oxford English Dictionary, finding the differences and reasons, and making comparative analysis of different thinking characteristics of the English and Chinese people. It can help students understand the conceptual meaning of words, especially cultural connotation

8、meaning, eliminating the interference of mother tongue and culture in the teaching of words or teaching Chinese as a foreign language. Its good for students to comprehend the meaning of words, enhancing the awareness and ability of intercultural communication, which has certain practical significanc

9、e. In theory, its beneficial to know the deep differences between Chinese and English culture, making progress in teaching and scientific research level.Key words: color word; culture; language; differences摘 要英语和汉语中都有许多表示颜色的词语，由于颜色词是对客观事物的真实反映，其语义表层意义在英汉两种语言中具有一致性。由于英汉民族在历史文化、民族习惯、宗教信仰、地域环境等诸多方面存在差异

10、，因此，在英汉两种文化中同一颜色所包含的意义有所不同。萨丕尔曾说：“语言是一种世界观，它反映、影响着不同民族的价值观念”。颜色词“黄”在英汉两种语言中是使用频率较高，本文分别通过汉语和英语的权威词典汉语大词典和牛津英语词典( Oxford English Dictionary ) 的词条收集，从颜色词所蕴含的文化内涵意义入手，通过归纳、分析、比较的方法，研究黄色在英汉语言在文化语义上的褒贬差异和联想意义，发现不同及原因，进一步对比分析英汉民族不同的思维特征。在词语教学或对外汉语教学中有助于学生了解词语的概念意义，尤其是文化内涵意义，使学生在外语学习过程中排除学生母语语言和文化的干扰；在翻译中更

11、好地理解和掌握词的意义；增强跨文化交际的意识和能力，这具有一定的实践意义。在理论上，通过对比,认识中英文化深层次的差异,提高外语教学与科研水平。关键词：颜色词;文化;语言;异同ContentsTOC o 1-3 h u HYPERLINK l _Toc3711 云南民族大学毕业论文(设计)原创性声明i HYPERLINK l _Toc3711 Acknowledgmentsii HYPERLINK l _Toc28871 Abstractiii HYPERLINK l _Toc1240 摘 要iv HYPERLINK l _Toc2079 1. Introduction PAGEREF _To

12、c2079 1 1. HYPERLINK l _Toc9212 1 Semantic Notion of Color1 1. HYPERLINK l _Toc26008 2 Purpose1 1. HYPERLINK l _Toc26008 3 Basic Colors2 1. HYPERLINK l _Toc3504 4 Contrasive Linguistics PAGEREF _Toc3504 3 HYPERLINK l _Toc29180 2. Literature Review PAGEREF _Toc29180 4 2. HYPERLINK l _Toc28860 1 Abroa

13、d Study PAGEREF _Toc28860 4 2. HYPERLINK l _Toc14461 2 Domestic Study PAGEREF _Toc14461 4 2. HYPERLINK l _Toc104 3 My Own Comments PAGEREF _Toc104 5 HYPERLINK l _Toc29180 3. Contrastive Analysis of Yellow in Chinese and English Culture6 3. HYPERLINK l _Toc20487 1 Analysis of Yellow in Chinese Cultur

14、e PAGEREF _Toc20487 6 3. HYPERLINK l _Toc20487 2 Analysis of Yellow in English Culture7 3. HYPERLINK l _Toc21998 3 Associative Meanings of Color in Chinese and English7 3. HYPERLINK l _Toc22449 4 Reason of Differences8 HYPERLINK l _Toc32686 3.4.1 Analysis of English Peoples Thinking Form8 3. HYPERLI

15、NK l _Toc20487 4.2 Analysis of Chinese Peoples Thinking Form9 HYPERLINK l _Toc19565 4. Methodology12 HYPERLINK l _Toc32750 5. Conclusion13 HYPERLINK l _Toc12178 References14IntroductionColor is the peoples perception of nature, the various colors of the word in peoples lives have important significa

16、nce. When People think of color with emotional changes, the color word has a sense of value and transfers rich cultural connotations. However, due to geographical location, history and culture, ethnic customs, religious beliefs, different ways of thinking, about same color words, English and Chinese

17、 different cultures have different emotional meanings. 1.1 Semantic Notion of Color Language is a tool for human communication, which is a prominent part of culture. At the same time, its reflected in specific cultural content, if you do not understand the cultural factors of a language, communicati

18、on cant be carried out easily; therefore, people cannot communicate with each other without language knowledge and culture. Vocabulary is the accumulation of culture, the most obvious bearing the cultural information. It is a reflection of peoples social tools that can give birth to rich cultural co

19、nnotations. The cultural connotations of color words are a part of language and words are multi-layered. In cross-cultural communication, cultural connotations have different emotional meanings, reflecting deep-seated values and cultural psychology. Only in combination with specific cultural backgro

20、und knowledge and communicative environment, we can understand the deep connotation of color words, in order to avoid communicative errors.Domestic scholars have made a series of studies about the color, but most of them focus on a variety of colors to study the symbolic meaning of color words. In t

21、his thesis, I will discuss the differences in the cultural semantics of English and Chinese, and the associative meaning through analysis and comparison, making a comparative analysis of the characteristics about different ways of thinking between English and Chinese.1.2 Purpose This thesis aims to

22、analyze the color of “Yellow” differences about language vocabulary and cultural connotations in English and Chinese through induction and comparison. To explore the deep meaning of color word under the different cultural backgrounds, offering help for education and learn between students and teache

23、rs to understand the meaning of color words.Color words are closely related to social life. They are unique, important and contain rich cultural information. The color of yellow has a wide range in Chinese. Chinese is an isolated language. There is no such thing as English, time, body, state, nature

24、, number, and lattice, but English does not have so many words about yellow . In addition to the different forms of expression, the most important thing is the color words are embodied with the values and cultural psychology. This study found that foreign students will face the dilemma of how to com

25、municate: different languages and cultures. It can be found that in the textbooks of teaching Chinese as a foreign language, some words are not well explained and interpreted so as to provide comprehensive and accurate linguistic conceptual meaning to foreign students. The main problem is that no sp

26、ecific cultural connotations are chosen for proper translation or accurate interpretation. The important task of TCFL is to help students understand the meaning of words in concrete context and to use knowledge in language. In addition, the study of the cultural meaning about words and their differe

27、nces in the pragmatic differences, teaching students to eliminate the negative impacts.1.3 Basic Color In the human language, there are a large number of symbols and color words are used to record colors. These represent the physical attributes of the word are often used in the language, so that it

28、has a rich cultural connotation and extended meaning. Color words in language and words, not only its cultural connotation of emotional significance is multi-level, but also in cross-cultural communication, cultural connotation of meaning. The pragmatic meaning of color words in English and Chinese

29、is sometimes in two different languages can be equivalent, sometimes there is a pragmatic conflict or cultural gap. Colors are abundant in both Chinese and English, different people have different understandings about colors because of cultural diversity. Different people have different feelings abo

30、ut colors, but there are the same basic color words between Chinese and English. Such as, black ,white, red ,yellow, green，blue，purple，grey，brown. Basic color words are often closely related to the culture of various nationalities, but also reflect the culture of various people. Color is closely rel

31、ated with human life. Human perception of color has obvious similarities. Reflected in language, that is, although the various languages have different colors of vocabulary, the basic vocabulary to express color, such as, black, white, red, yellow, green, blue and so on. Color words in the language

32、in addition to the colorful nature, it has a variety of emotional and cultural connotations. 1.4 Contrastive LinguisticsThe comparison of linguistic studies can take place within the same language or among different languages. The so-called comparative study, which is one of them, and it is two or m

33、ore than two kinds of language for a time of comparative study, describing their similarities and differences, especially differences in order to promote people on the language of the study. This paper tries to reveal different thinking characteristics of English and Chinese from the perspective of

34、yellow and its cultural connotation.Literature ReviewIn English and Chinese, the expressions of color words are very rich. We must not only know the basic meaning of their own, but also to understand the meaning of its profound symbolic meaning, because symbolic meanings of color in different langua

35、ges have different characteristics, same color words in the English and Chinese culture have different emotional significance, showing the different characteristics of thinking. 2.1 Abroad StudyIn international studies, English linguist Gladstone was the first man to raise and discuss the problem of

36、 color word. In his study of Homeric and Homeric Era (1858), he compared the words in the Iliad and the Odyssey to the description of color words, pointing out that only a few ancient Hellenic Greek Abstract color words with the ambiguity. In the late nineteenth Century, its the first time that the

37、German ophthalmologist Magnus made anthropology of cross-cultural comparison of color code research, and the culture of the developed indigenous people to distinguish color experiment, which published “on primitive national color of the survey.” In the first half of the 20th century, Sapir and Wolf

38、put forward the hypothesis of linguist in 1867 tic relativity, stressing that different languages make different classification of the world of experience, and recording the language structure that will play a certain role in the speakers thinking and behavior.2.2 Domestic StudyIn China, some studie

39、s take different aspects into account to analyze, there are many local cultures under the study, involving language, thinking and social and cultural aspects. From Chinese social and cultural point of view to study the “yellow” in the meaning of Chinese culture, the article is as follows: discussed

40、the “yellow” composition of the compound words and political domination, religion, sacrifice of the article has the Junli “ The cultural influence of vocabulary ( Journal of Anqing Teachers College (social science edition) 2002 the fifth period); from the creation on the meaning of yellow ; article

41、Pan Puis”yellow (“ Chinese culture” Zhang Xi-xis “Social Factors of the Formation of Color Words” (“Chinese Learning”, vol. 6, 1989), which is a good description of the relationship between color words and social factors.2.3 My Own CommentsAs far as Im concerned, many researchers have studied the me

42、aning of color words from sociolinguistics and applied linguistics, but they are all comprehensive researches, donmake a study deeply on a color word. Accordingly, this thesis attempts to study the characteristics about thinking between the English and Chinese people from the cultural connotation me

43、aning of “yellow”.This thesis aims to make an analysis of the color word “Yellow” differences between language vocabulary and cultural connotation in English and Chinese through induction, analysis and comparison. Besides, in order to explore the deep meaning of color word under different cultural b

44、ackgrounds, and to offer help in education and study between teachers and students. As for the signification, this thesis is to study the color words expressions and usages in English and Chinese, its beneficial for people to promote the cultural transmission and communication, having an effective i

45、ntercultural communication.3. Contrastive Analysis of Yellow in Chinese and English Culture3.1 Analysis of Yellow in Chinese CultureIn Chinese, yellow is a symbol of the Chinese nation. Yellow in the feudal society is the legal dignity of color, in ancient China it is regarded as the imperial power,

46、 so the ancient Chinese emperors wear the yellow robe, but prohibit the ordinary people wear yellow clothes. Imperial palace is also used to live with glazed tiles, the palace of the throne and all the decorations is yellow, the car chariot is also yellow, yellow became the emperors special color. “

47、Yellow robe plus body” refers to the emperor, the ordinary people are not dyed yellow. Additionally, as a farming nation, the Chinese people is full of infinite gratitude and worship of the yellow land, yellow is also considered to refer to the nations human ancestor Xuanyuan emperor, the Yellow Emp

48、eror, is a symbol of ancient China. (Facing the loess, back overturned) yellow is considered as “the color of the central”, also for the supreme color. “Lucky day” in the old astronomical calculation of lucky Ji, which refers to the pleasant times to work.Yellow is the generation of the Chinese to m

49、ultiply life and death depends on the material color. The ancestors created the “yellow” ideographic text from the “field”, “light”, “field” that the yellow dirt; “light” that the sun. The sun shines on the ground yellow, so the yellow color is raising the Chinese nation of the Central Plains of lan

50、d and to the human to heat and energy of the suns color. Second, yellow is the representative color of the Chinese nation. Speaking of the Chinese nation, the Yellow Emperor, people first thought is yellow skin, black eyes. This common feature has a strong centripetal force for Chinese sons and daug

51、hters Cohesion. Good luck and precious time. In Taoism and Buddhism, yellow is also a holy color. Quite a few monks and taoist priests wear yellow dresses. Lucky days, the people in the ancient times believed that the sun runs around the earth. It means a propitious date, which is a day suitable for

52、 doing some important affairs, such as weddings and opening ceremonies. People call the most precious time as the youth of ones life; Golden age, it means the most valuable period in ones life.In Chinese traditional culture, color of yellow has been used to symbolize imperial power. Its the specific

53、 color which just can be used by the emperors. There are many phrases with yellow to symbolize the emperor. Cloth worn by the emperor is Huangpao.Yellow is the topmost color which is seen as Chinese original color. Born with yellow skin, cultivated in the yellow soil, and taking the yellow River as

54、their place of origin, the Chinese people take pride in their identities. Call them proudly as YanHuangZiSun, which means the descendants of the Chinese who are skinned yellow.3.2 Analysis of Yellow in English CultureAs the color of gold and sun, yellow is the symbol of power, honor and wealth. Its

55、a holy color in Christianity. The holy cup used by Jesus in his last supper is also yellow. In English, there is a phrase “a yellow ribbon”, according to Wikipedia, it is a symbol with various meanings, mostly associated with those waiting for the return of a loved one or of military troops who cann

56、ot temporarily go home. Recently, it has been used to symbolize support for the International Suicide Prevention Program and to raise awareness of Testicular Cancer, Endometriosis, and Madeleine McCann.“A yellow-colored” car is used in sports, shown to a player, as caution that he has committed a fl

57、agrant foul. Yellow alerta condition of readiness deals with a situation of great danger.In English, yellow has traditionally been associated with jaundice and cowardice. In American slang, a coward is said to be a “yellow bellied” person. Yellow is also used to express “jealous”, because Judas, who

58、 betrayed Jesus, wore a yellow dress. Thus “yellow with envy” is usually used alternatively with “green with envy”.In Britain and America, the Yellow Pages do not mean obscene books, but a list of companies and organizations with their telephone numbers. Its called Yellow Pages just because the page

59、s of the book are printed in yellow. 3.3 Associative Meanings of Color in Chinese and EnglishThe color of blue and purple in English culture means noble. In Chinese culture, yellow means noble, nevertheless, it corresponds to the color of blue and purple in English culture. In English, blue blood ex

60、presses royal blood, or noble descent. According to New Time English Dictionary, it originate from Spanish，Aristocratic skin is very white, their blood vessels clearly visible, blood vessels appear to be light blue, therefore “blue blood” is used to express the royal. From this point of view, blue i