Author(s)

Zhang Ke ¹, Deng Wensheng ¹, Li Anling ¹, Zhang Weiran ¹, Kuat ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Zhiyuan Department, Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology, Beijing, China

Corresponding Author

Zhang Ke

ABSTRACT

Language as we know is a tool, which we use in our daily life without even thinking how important and multifaceted it is. The same words and phrases can be perceived in different ways. This is a matter of culture. Language is the reflection of culture and vice versa. They depend on each other. At the first glance, the same words may have different cultural connotations. The goal of the thesis is to learn the differences and similarities between connotations of basic color terms in English and Russian from a multicultural perspective and analyze their causes from natural, geographical, historical, political and social factors. The method of research in this thesis is comparative analysis, which will allow us to know more about the subject of color terms of two different cultures and also, will give us a chance to compare and contrast the connotations of basic color words. The expected result of this study is finding the most effective way to intercultural communication by learning the differences and similarities in connotations of two languages and effectively applying this knowledge to language teaching.

KEYWORDS

Basic colour term, cultural connotation, intercultural communication

CITE THIS PAPER

Zhang Ke, Deng Wensheng, Li Anling, Zhang Weiran, Kuat, A Comparative Analysis of Basic Colour Words in English and Russian from the Intercultural Perspective. Lecture Notes on Language and Literature (2025) Vol. 8: 101-107. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/langl.2025.080514.

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