The Impact of Color Symbolism on Using Color Idioms in English and Kurdish Languages

Abstract

The study is about the impact of color symbolism on using color idioms in English and Kurdish languages. It aims to discover the relation between color symbolism and color idioms in English and Kurdish. At the same time, it attempts to find out the non-arbitrary meanings of idiomatic expressions. The paper asks these questions: do the meaning of colors used in idiomatic expressions match with what colors symbolize? Are there any differences between color idioms in the two languages? The paper adopts qualitative approach for analyzing the meaning of color idioms. The sources of data are dictionary of idioms and English novels (The Glass Castle & Life After Life).The results of the study shows that a vast number of color idioms are affected by color symbolism. The color idioms of English and Kurdish languages are giving meanings that are close to each other as the color symbolism for both cultures is very similar. It can be concluded that not only color idioms are affected by color symbolism but the color symbolism is also affected by color idioms.

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