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英语语言中颜色词折射的情感意义
Chapter1Introduction
1.1Rationale
Inlinguisticsthestudyofmeaninginlanguageisdefinedassemantics.Inthisfield,aquiteimportanttheoryisLeech’sseventypesofmeaning,fiveofwhichareincludedintheassociativemeaning.Thesefivemeaningsareconnotativemeaning,socialmeaning,affectivemeaning,reflectedmeaning,andcollectivemeaning.Amongthefivemeaningstheaffectivemeaningalsotheemotionalmeaningthreadsalineamongthese.Asoneaspectofthestudyofmeaning,enoughknowledgeontheemotionalmeaningisnecessary,helpingushaveaknowledgeoftheothermeaningsfortheconnectionsbetweenthem.
Affectivemeaning,assimplycalledtheemotionalmeaning,iswhatiscommunicatedofthefeelingsandattitudesofthespeaker/writertowardsthelistener/reader’and/orwhatheorsheistalkingabout.Wemayaddresssomebodyasanidiottoconveyourdespiseordescribesomethingasmarveloustoexpressourpositiveevaluation.Notjustawholesentenceoralongpassagecanrevealaperson’sattitudeorhisorherinnerfeelings,butasimplewordcanalsodo.Intherealword,coloristhemostdirectthingthatwecaneasilyreceive.Whatitdisplaysisnotonlyitsoriginalmeaning.
AccordingtoLeech’stheory,thethesisbeginswithasimpleintroductionofcolorword’stwokindsofmeanings–conceptualmeaningandconnotativemeaning,toemphasizethelater,especiallytheemotionalmeaning.Itssourcesintherealworldanditspracticalfunctionswillbegenerallyillustratedinthefollowing.
1.2LiteratureReview
Becauseofglobalization,itisofnecessityforustogetmoreknowledgeabouttheworldoutsidetomakecross-culturalcommunicationsproceedsuccessfully.Andfamiliaritywiththeirculturesthroughthecolorwordsisoneofthegoodchoices.Theemotionalmeaningsreflectedbythewordsareworthstudyinginparticular.
AsBoRuilisaid,thecolorwordsinbothChineseandEnglishlanguageshaveanintimateconnectionwitheachculturaltradition,oftenhavinganeffectonpeople’sthinkinghabitsrespectivelyandconfiningtheirdailybehaviorsinsomespecialcontexts.Thecolorwordsareamirror,truthfullyreflectinghumanloveanddetestaffirmationandnegation.Itisendowedwithspecialvalueandaestheticsestablishedbyusagetointernalizesocialculturalmeanings,infavorofavoidingmistakesinconversation.
ChaiHuifangstates(2006.9)inherpaperTheRealisticSourcesofBasicColorLexicon’sMetaphoricalMeanings,thatdifferentculturalandhistoricalbackgrounds,anddifferentviewsofbeautyarecontributedtothedistinctionsofthecolors’symbolicmeaningsofdifferentcultures.
HuAifangandYangZewenthoughtinthecourseofmutualtranslationbetweentheEnglishandChineselanguage,thecomparisonbetweenthetwolanguagesisinevitable.However,comparisonbetweenthetwolanguagescannotleavethecomparisonbetweenthetwocultures.Andintheprocessofusing,thewordcontainsmanyculturalconnotativemeanings.
HuPing(2008.6)putitinhispaperAMetaphoricalandCognitiveStudyofEnglishandChineseColorWordsthatthedifferencesbetweenEnglishandChineseoncolorwordsaredifferentnaturalenvironmentsandhistoricalbackgrounds,differentregionalbeliefs,psychologicaldifferencescausedbythedevelopmentofcivilizations.
LiQianstatesthatthecolorwordownsabundantmeaningstogiverisetodifferentemotionsindifferentculturalatmospheres,whenusingtheword;
weshouldpayattentiontotheirhabitualexpressivemethods.Andinmanyoccasions,itisnotsomecolorwordbuttheconnectionswiththewordbeyondnationalculturethatfunctions.
LinYajunillustratesthewordisalanguagesignofsomethingorsomephenomenanamedintheprocessofhumancognitionoftheobjectiveworld.Owingtodifferentculturalfactors,theculturalmeaningsofwordaregreatlydistinguished.Asasortoflanguagelexicon,thecolorwordespeciallyshowstheculturaldifferences.
LiuYuandPengXiaoyanholdsthateverycolorisreliedontheleveloflight’sreflectionandthetypeittakesin,basedonwhichpeople’sfeelingsandimaginationofthecolorswillgiverisetoemotionalchangestodeliverculturalmeaningsbythecolorswithemotionalvalue.Obviously,people’sdifferentcognitionsonthecolorhavesomethingincommon.
LiYingying(2006)pointsoutinherpaperthatprimitivebeliefs,productiveactivities,socialevents,customs,politicalsystemsand,storiesandlegendsaretherealisticsourcesofthebasiccolorlexicon’smetaphoricalmeanings.Peoplemakeacquaintanceofthecolors,thengivethemnames,butwhetherthesenamescanbeacceptedbythepublicdecideshowlongtheycanbeused.
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