英语毕业论文 The Cultural Differences Between Chinese and.docx

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英语毕业论文TheCulturalDifferencesBetweenChineseand

Acknowledgments

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Abstract

Inrecentyears,Chinahasreceivedarapiddevelopmentineconomyandbeguntoparticipateinmoreworldbusinessactivities.Therefore,languagecommunicationwithforeignersisbecomingmoreandmorefrequent.Coloridiom,asaspeciallanguage,istheessenceofculture,whichentailsarichculturalconnotation.Inordertoavoidsomeunnecessaryculturalconflictsandmisunderstandingsduringthecross-culturalcommunication,thispapermainlydiscussesthedistinctlyculturalreflectionsandinfluenceofthecoloridiomtohelpforeignlanguagelearnersimprovethecompetenceofthecross-culturalcommunicationinlearningandbusinessactivitiesgradually,sothatkeeptheculturaldiversitybetweentheEastandtheWest.Allinall,thecoloridiomplaysanimportantroleduringtheinterculturalexchange,whichenrichestheworldlanguage.

Keywords:

culturalconnotation;coloridiom;cross-culturalcommunication;influence

摘要

近些年来，中国的经济得到了迅速的发展，开始加入更多的世界贸易活动，因此，中国人与外国人的语言交流变的越来越频繁。

颜色习语，作为一种特殊的语言，它是文化的结晶，蕴含着丰富的文化内涵。

在跨文化交际中，为避免一些不必要的文化冲突及误解，该文章主要讨论了习语的定义，分类，习语出现的原因及颜色习语所反映的不同文化和影响来帮助那些外国语言学习者在学习及贸易活动过程中逐渐提高他们的跨文化交际能力，从而保持中西方文化的多样性。

总之，颜色习语在跨文化交际中发挥着重要作用，并丰富着世界的语言。

关键词：

文化内涵；颜色习语；跨文化交际；影响

Contents

1.Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………..1

2.TheReviewofIdiom…………………………………………………………........................2

2.1TheDefinitionofIdiom……………………………………………….........................2

2.2TheClassificationofIdiom……………………………………………….....................3

2.3TheRelationsBetweenColorIdiomsandCulture………………………......................3

3.TheReasonsofIdiom’sAppearanceandCulturalMisunderstandingsoftheIdioms………..4

3.1TheReasonsofIdiom’sAppearance…………………………………………………...4

3.2CulturalMisunderstandingsoftheIdioms……………………………………………...5

4.TheCulturalDifferencesReflectedbytheColorIdioms……………………........................6

4.1TheDifferenceofGeographicalBackground…………………………….....................7

4.2TheDifferenceofLifeBackground……………...........................................................7

4.3TheDifferenceofColorValues………………………………………………………..8

4.3.1DifferentGoodFortuneExpressionsinColorIdioms………………………….8

4.3.2DifferentEnvyExpressionsinColorIdioms…………………………………...8

4.3.3DifferentSocialStatusExpressionsinColorIdioms…………………………..9

5.TheInfluenceofColorIdiomsintheCross-CulturalCommunication……………………....9

5.1TheInfluenceontheLanguagelearners……………………………….........................9

5.2TheInfluenceontheBusinessActivities……………………………………………...10

6.Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………..11

Bibliography…………………………………………………………………………………….12

TheCulturalDifferencesBetweenChineseandEnglishColorIdioms

1.Introduction

WiththeglobalizationofeconomyandespeciallywithitsaccessiontotheWTO,Chinaistakinganincreasinglyactivepartinworldbusinessactivitiesandcommunication,inparticularEnglish-learning.ItisthereforenecessaryandinevitablefordomesticenterprisesandforeignlanguagelearnerstoenterintobusinessorlanguagelearningcommunicationwiththeWesterncompanygroupsoroverseaspeople.Theinterculturalcommunicationisacontemporarytrendamongcountriesorpeople.Therefore,cultureplaysaveryimportantroleincommunication.Moreover,becausetheEasterncultureisdifferentfromtheWesternone,thatistosay,thereisalotofdistinctlyculturalconnotationsexistingbetweenChinaandEnglish,itisvitaltoknowmoreaboutthedifferentlyculturalconnotationstoavoidsomeunnecessaryconflictsandmisunderstandingsincommunication.

Becausecultureiswidelyspreadonlybyspokenandwrittencommunications,idiomisfrequentlyspokenandwritten,itisalsoanimportantpartofcultureinthedailyconnections,inotherwords,andtheidiomistheessenceofculture,whichembodiesstrongerculturalfeatures.Asalanguage,theidiomcontainsvariousculturalconnotationsaccordingtodifferentcontexts.What’smore,colorisaperceptionoftheobjectiveworld,itnotonlyreflectsthecolor’sphysicalproperties,butalsoreflectsthesocialattributesandculturalcharacteristics.Owingtodifferentlyhistoricalandculturalbackgrounds,lifeenvironmentsandvariousvaluesindifferentnations,thecolorinChinese-Englishcultureshowsdifferentconnotationsandassociations.Tosomeextent,itiscolorthatenrichestheworldandthelanguage,thecolormakestheidioms’innermeaningmorediverse.Learningdifferentlanguagesfromabroadaimstocommunicateindifferentlyculturalareas,sodoesthecoloridiom.ChinaandEnglishhavealonghistoryinlanguage,bothincludingmanyidioms.

Idiomisderivedfromlife,whichincludesthingsinlife,enlightenswisdomandcoverseverything.Coloridiomsometimesrevealsthespeakers’attitudestowardthingsorpersons’behaviorsandsocialstatus.Ifnotappropriatelyused,coloridiomswillresultinnegativeeffects,sothatitisverydifficulttokeepharmoniouscooperationrelationswithoverseaslargecompaniesintheprocessofcross-culturalcommunication.Forforeignlanguagelearners,ifnotbetterunderstood,coloridiomwillmaybeleadtocommunicatingbarriersandunpleasantthingshappentoaddressersandaddressees.Onthecontrary,thecoloridioms’culturalconnotationscanbewell-knowntoChineseandEnglishpeople,itwillhelptheEasternandtheWesternculturaltransmissionintheinterculturalconnectionstomaintainculturaldiversityandenhancethecommunicatingability.Meanwhile,itwillpromoteChina’seconomicaldevelopmentandcompetitiveadvantageontheinternationalstage.

2.TheReviewofIdiom

Cultureiscreatedandusedbyhumanbeings,soculturalpropertyishuman’sbasicfeature.However,theidiomisakindreflectionofconcreteculture;itcanalsobeteemingwithpungentculturalatmosphere,soitisimperativeforlanguagelearnerstoknowwhatidiomisanditsclassificationundertherangeofidiom.“Peopleuseidiomstomaketheirlanguagericherandmorecolorfulandtoconveysubtleshadesofmeaningorintention.Idiomsareusedoftentoreplacealiteralwordorexpression,andmanytimestheidiombetterdescribesthefullnuanceofmeaning.Idiomsandidiomaticexpressionscanbemoreprecisethantheliteralwords,oftenusingfewerwordsbutsayingmore”.（Brenner231）

2.1TheDefinitionofIdiom

Languageisthecarrierofculture.Idiom,asaspeciallanguage,isfullofcolorfulculture.Moreover,idiomistheculturalkernel,soitsmeaningisratherlarge.Idioms,ingeneral,aredeeplyconnectedtoculture,languagelearnersandbusinessmen,toacertaindegree,havetounderstandthefullmeaningofidioms.Theidiomreferstoagroupofwordswhosemeaningisdifferentfromthemeaningsoftheindividualwords.（OxfordAdvancedLearner’sEnglish-ChineseDictionary873）Itsdefinitionseemssimple,butitsapplicationsarediverse,flexibleandvivid.Thatistosay,theidioms’connotationsarericherthanitsliteralmeaningsincommunication.Itsexpressionsareveryshortandbrief;itishardtounderstandidiomsbetterifonlylookingatseparatewords.Generallyspeaking,theidiomsarefixedphrasesorshortsentences,whicharegraduallyformedwiththehistoricallanguagedevelopment.Theidiomscan’tbearbitraryapartorbacktogetheragain.

Becausetheidiomcoversproverb,slang,colloquialandsoon,theidiomentailsabundantlyculturalconnotation,whichmakesithasremarkablenationalcharacteristics.Chinahasalonghistoryandarichculture;thereisalotofidiomappearinginChinawiththehistoricalevolutionanddevelopment.Inthedailycommunication,theculturalconnotationsofidiomsarepreferredtousewidelyinallfields,reflectingChinesenationalfeature.Englishisoneoftypicalrepresentativesinwesterncountries,italsohasrichculturalconnotation.Therefore,ChinaandEnglishhavesomedifferentviewstowardtheidiom’sexpression.

2.2TheClassificationofIdiom

Withtheadventofglobaleconomization,themarketcompetitionbecomesmoreandmorefierce.Culturalcommunicationisinevitable.Theidiomisappliedfrequentlyindomesticandoverseas.Inordertohelplanguagelearnersorbusinessmennotfailtotheapplicationofidiomsintheinternationalexchange,manyscholarsfocusonthestudyofidioms’types.

Theidiom,inbroadside,includesproverb,slang,colloquial,twinwords,trinomial,lexicalphraseandhabitualcollocationandsoforth.Thispapermainlyconcernsproverb,slang,colloquialandhabitualcollocation,becausethesetypesareoftenusedinlearningandcommunicationfromhomeandabroad.“Peopleowemanyofourcurrentproverbstopopularculturalsources,suchassongs,movies,TVshows,andcommercials.Sometimesthesesourcesbringapreexistingsayingtowiderpopularity,whilesometimespeoplelaunchbrand-neworaltraditions.’’（Zimmer185）Thissentencerevealsthattheproverbtakesaratherhighratioinlife.

2.3TheRelationsBetweenColorIdiomsandCulture

Itisknowntousthattherearemainlysevencolorsinthenaturalworld,butthesesevencolo