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Chinese culture has a long history and has influenced so many neighboring nations in the history.Chinese language carries the wisdom of the Han chinese people.It is a result of chinese people’s history and culture. As a foreign student from kazakhstan,I came across the similarities and differences between Chinese and my mother tongue.Sorting out the differences between Kazakh and Chinese languages ,and different interpretations to things is my intention to write this dissertation.From the contrast we can see the interesting phenomenon of human cognition.The perception of colors in all nations of the world can be said to be much the same.Because the phenomenon of color is the light wave effect,Is the result of light waves through the optic nerve and the brain.All huamn beings in the world have the ability to recognize light waves at the physiological level.However ,the cognition and interpretation of the color derivation meaning by different ethnic groups are very different.The color, as a natural phenomenon, exists in every corner of human life and has a very tight connection with our understandings of the world, language development and our perceptions and experiences of the outside world. Color and human life are tightly connected and the perception of color is one of the most basic human cognitive categories. Because of historical, religious, traditional and political factors, each nation has different opinions of the world。The color, as a matter of fact, becomes a cultural phenomenon. Words more or less faithfully reflect the culture behind people from different countries look at things from different perspectives, which lead to different world views. In different language backgrounds, the cultural implication of color words are also different.This thesis discusses color terms in Kazakh and Chinese. Historical,political,as well as environmental factors influence and shape how the color terms appear to become what they are today. A comparison between Kazakh and Chinese also shed light to the cultural differences.
Keywords: color words, culture, contrast
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