Symbolic Meanings of Red in Chinese and English Cultures
Zhang Chen
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Zhang Chen
Abstract
As peoples around the world vary in habits,customs and living conditions,words denoting colors in their languages also carry different cultural symbolic meanings.This paper investigates into the different symbolic meanings by the word red in the Chinese and English cultures,and analyzes the causes that results in the differences.
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As peoples around the world vary in habits,customs and living conditions,words denoting colors in their languages also carry different cultural symbolic meanings.This paper investigates into the different symbolic meanings by the word red in the Chinese and English cultures,and analyzes the causes that results in the differences.
Key concepts: The Symbolic, Linguistics, Color term, Word (group theory), Sociology, History, Psychology, Philosophy