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On Cultural Differences between English and Chinese from Color

Liang Wu

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There area a great number of colors in both Chinese and English.Brought up in different cultures,people hold different feelings and attitudes towards colors.From a comparison between Chinese and western cultures,this paper attempts to analyze and probe into the symbolic meanings of color words in different cultural background.

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There area a great number of colors in both Chinese and English.Brought up in different cultures,people hold different feelings and attitudes towards colors.From a comparison between Chinese and western cultures,this paper attempts to analyze and probe into the symbolic meanings of color words in different cultural background.

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There area a great number of colors in both Chinese and English.Brought up in different cultures,people hold different feelings and attitudes towards colors.From a comparison between Chinese and western cultures,this paper attempts to analyze and probe into the symbolic meanings of color words in different cultural background.

Key concepts: Feeling, Color term, Chinese culture, Cultural background, Psychology, Aesthetics, Linguistics, China

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