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@inproceedings{Yu2014ACA, title={A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Symbolic Meanings of Color}, author={Hui-Chih Yu}, year={2014}, url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:142663743}}
  • Hui-Chih Yu
  • Published 1 April 2014
  • Linguistics, Sociology

The main purpose of this paper is to extend the scope of English knowledge about color so as to arouse the interest of students in learning English through the use of color terms. Color not only fills our world with beauty but provides a source of inspirations, which would stimulate the fancy of students to increase the interest of their life. Color serves as a means of communication. The communicative qualities of a color can be defined in terms of natural and psychological associations…

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