Research on Chinese and English Color Words under Cross-cultural Background

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10.2991/iccessh-17.2017.163How to use a DOI?

Keywords

color words; symbolic meaning; cross-cultural communication

Abstract

In human's language, there are many color words, which are frequently used in communication, thus they are endowed with rich emotional coloring and cultural connotation. There are abundant color terms in English and Chinese language. However, due to different cultural background and history of China and English speaking countries, the same color word has different symbolic meanings. This paper researches different symbolic meanings of several color words and analyzes differences between Chinese and western culture to promote cross-cultural communication.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Li Wan
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BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Humanities (ICCESSH 2017)
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