Title: On Differential Features between English and Chinese Color Phrases and their Cultural Implication
Abstract: Culture is a foundation to the existence and development of human society.Language is one of the most vital factors in shaping the cultural system.The equality between the meanings and cultures of two languages is rarely found in English and Chinese.This paper tries to make a comparison between the English and Chinese color phrases so that each culture can be reflect by its represent of colors in which culture is heavily dependent on.As a result,a better communicative ability will be achieved through learning the difference between English and Chinese phrases on colors.
Publication Year: 2005
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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