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BasicColorTermsinEnglishandChinese
本科毕业论文
英汉基本颜色词对比研究
AComparativeStudyofBasicColorTermsinEnglishandChinese
2010年6月
Acknowledgements
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毕业论文外文摘要
AComparativeStudyofBasicColorTermsinEnglishandChinese
Abstract:
Languageisthecarrieroftheculture.Colorwords,asaspecialclassificationinthelanguagevocabularysystem,whichhavestrikingcharacteristicsandhistoricalinheritance,notonlymakehumanlanguagemoreampleandvivid,butalsoletusunderstandrichandhiddenculturethroughthem.ColortermsinChineseandEnglishreflectphysicalpropertyofthecoloraswellasnationalmarks,anddevelopaccompaniedbyevolutionoftheirowncultures.
Itiswell-knownthattheformationofthemeaningofcolorwordsistheresultoftheeffectofmanyelementssuchasculture,politics,folk-custom,productionpracticeandreligion.Moreover,thesecolorwordshavebeeninheritedfromgenerationtogenerationandacquiretheirownculturalimplications.ThepaperchoosesthesixbasiccolortermsthatarewidelyacceptedbyscholarstomakeacomparativeanalysisofculturalconnotationsofbasiccolortermsinEnglishandChinese,andfurtherconfirmsthatconnotationsofcolortermsembodyculture.Then,thefeaturesandthecausesofconnotationsofbasiccolorwordscanbedrawnthroughthestudy.Atlast,thepaperstatesthesignificanceofknowingtheconnotationswhenwearedealingwithcross-culturalcommunicationandforeignlanguagestudy.
Keywords:
basiccolorwords;culture;culturalconnotations;characteristics;culturalcauses;functions
毕业论文中文摘要
英汉基本颜色词对比研究
摘要:
语言是文化的载体,颜色词,作为语言词汇系统中一个特殊的分类,有着它显著的特征和历史传承,不仅使人类的语言更加丰富、生动,而且通过它,我们可以了解颜色词背后所蕴含的丰富的各民族文化。
因为颜色词汇不仅反映着颜色的物理属性,也折射出文化的属性,并随着文化的演变而演变。
众所周知,基本颜色词意义的形成是一个民族文化、政治、民俗、生产实践等多元化因素长期作用的结果,而且世代传承,并在此基础上逐渐形成各具特色的颜色文化内涵。
本文主要分析探讨了汉英两种语言中六个基本颜色词的文化内涵差异,总结获知基本颜色词语义的特点,进而挖掘和分析造成词义内涵差异的文化成因,文章最后揭示了掌握英汉基本颜色词所传承的文化内涵在跨文化交际及外语学习等领域的重要意义。
关键词:
基本颜色词;文化;文化内涵;特点;文化成因;意义
Contents
1Introduction………………………………………………………………………1
2BasicColorTermsandColorsofCulture…………………………………………1
2.1BasicColorTerms……………………………………………...……………1
2.2ColorsandCultures...…...……………………………………………………3
3AComparativeStudyofCulturalConnotationsofBasicColorWordsinChineseandEnglish……………………………………………………………………………4
4CharacteristicsofCulturalConnotationsofBasicColorWords………………….9
4.1MultipleMeaningsinCulturalConnotations….....……….…………………….9
4.2DoubleSemanticMeanings…………………………………………………...9
4.3TheReflectionofNationalityintheCulturalConnotations………………10
4.4TheCharacteristicofChangingwithTimeintheCulturalConnotations…….11
5MainReasonsforDifferentCulturalConnotationsbetweenChineseandEnglishColorWords……….…………………………………..………...…………………..11
5.1DifferentCustoms………………………………………...……………………11
5.2TheInfluenceofHistoricalEvents…………………………………………….12
5.3TheInfluenceofReligionandArt……………………………………………..12
6TheImplicationofUnderstandingtheCulturalConnotationsofBasicColorWords………………………………………………………………………………...13
6.1SensitivenesstoDifferentCultures………………………………...................14
6.2CultivationofInterculturalCommunicativeCompetence……………………14
6.3EliminatingtheCulturalBlindnessofColorWordsinForeignLanguageLearning……………………………………………………………………………....15
Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………16
References……………………………………………………………………………17
ListingofTables:
Table1Color/element/nature/orientation/seasonrelationships…………………......3
Table2Doublesemanticmeaningsofthesixbasiccolorwords…………………..10
1Introduction
Everythingoureyescanperceive,theenvironmentweareconfrontedwithandsurroundedby,thediversityofobjects,beitnaturalorman-madeandevenhumanbeingsthemselvesismoreorlessmarkedbytheappearanceofcolor.Sincecoloristhatimportant,itisnecessaryforhumanbeingstocreatecolorvocabularytoexpress.Therefore,therearegreatnumberofcolortermsrecordingcoloroftheworld;thesecolortermsareoftenusedinhumanlanguage.
Culture,notonlydoesdeterminehowwesee,observe,notice,andclassifycolors,butalsowiththedevelopmentoftechnology,industry,andeconomy,influencesthesizeofacolorsystem.Somanycolortermsofaparticularlanguagearetoaconsiderabledegreetheproductofculture.EnglishandChinese,aslanguageswithalonghistory,arebothrichincolortermstodescribecolorsofnature.Furthermore,everynationhasitsowncoloroutlookandpeople'scoloroutlookisanimportantcomponentpartofcultureoutlook.Inotherwords,differentnationwithdifferentculturalbackgroundsorpeopleofthesamenationswiththesamebackgroundsbutbelongingtodifferentsocialgroupsorsocialclasseshavedifferentperceptionsofvariouscolors.Theyhavethespecificculturalinformationandtheuniquecharactersofnationalculture.Gradually,theyareendowedwithrichculturalconnotations
Nevertheless,withthedevelopmentofglobalizationandtheintensifiedinternationalcontacts,learningculturesofdifferentcountrieshasbecomeanecessity.Asjusthavementioned,colorwordsinChineseandEnglishareinfluencedbytheculturaldevelopmentintheirsociety.Inordertoexpressourselvesandcommunicatewitheachotherfreelyandeasily,wemustlearntheculturalconnotationsforcolorterms,whichhavebeenandaregreatlyinfluencingpeople'slanguageandlife.However,itissaidthattherearemorethan4000kindsofcolors,soitcannotbediscussedforall.Thisarticletakessixbasiccolorterms----red,yellow,black,white,greenandblue,asexamplestocomparetheconnotationsoftheminChineseandEnglishcultures.
Thisthesisconsistsofsixparts:
Thefirstpartisapreludetotheessay.Inthesecondpart,basiccolortermsandatheoreticframeworkaboutcultureandlanguagearepresented.Inthethirdpart,acomparativestudyofculturalconnotationsofChineseandEnglishbasiccolorwordsisdiscussed.Inthefourthandfifthparts,throughthepreliminaryanalysis,ittriestoconcludethecharacteristicsandfindouttheculturalcausesintheirconnotations.Atlast,itstatestheadvantagesofknowingtheconnotationswhenwearedealingwithcross-culturalcommunicationandforeignlanguagestudy.
2BasicColorTermsandColorsofCulture
2.1BasicColorTerms
Colortermsplayanimportantroleindailylife,alllanguageshavewordsthatmaybeusedtoidentifyparticularcolors,butthereisalwaysaspecialsubsetofthesewordsknownas“basiccolorterms”.Intheworld,agreatamountoftheresearchintocolornaminghasfocusedonbasiccolortermsintroducedbyBrentBerlinandPaulKay(1969:
4),whomadealandmarkstudyofcolorandproposedbasiccolortheory,andeachbasiccolortermshouldexhibitthefollowingfourcharacteristics:
(1)Thereisapsychologicalcriterion:
Salienceissupposedtobeonewhichpeoplethinkofquicklyandreadily.Basiccolortermsdonotdependdirectlyonanyreferenceobjectorsubstance(likesilver,chocolate)thoughtheymayarisehistoricallyfromthenameofaconcreteobject(likeEnglishorange);allarepsychologicallysalient,thoughtherearesomeintuitiveaffinitiesamongthem(eg.betweenpinkandred,betweenorangeandyellow)
(2)Itismonolexical,anditsmeaningisnotpredictablefromthemeaningofitsparts(1ikebluish,greenish,reddish,andgolden).Basiccolortermscannotbecompounds(likeblue-green,lemon-colored,1ight-blue,orcharcoal-black),andnormallyhaveaconsistentmorphologicalstructure.
(3)Itdoesnotrefertoanobject.Thatmeansitisusableinwiderangeofcontext.Itsapplicationmustnotberestrictedtoanarrowclassofobjects.Itisnotcollocationallyrestricted.Forexample,theword‘‘blond’’maybepredicatedonlyofhair,complexionandfurniture.Sotheword“blond”shouldberuledout.
(4)Itmusthaveawideinclusion.Itssignificationisnotincludedinthatofanyothercolorterms.Itisbroadorgeneralinmeaning,inthesensethatitisnotregardedasa“kindof”anyothercolor.Forexample,thewords“crimson”,“scarlet”arebothkindsof“red”formostspeakersofEnglish.
BerlinandKayrestrictedtheirinvestigationtowhattheycalledbasiccolorterms.
Differentlanguageshavedifferentnumberofbasiccolorterms.Somehavefourorfive,andsomehaveasfewastwo,butEnglishhaseleven:
“black”,“white”,“red”,“blue”,“yellow”,“green”,“orange”,“purple”,“pink”,“brown”and“grey”.Theyareallfrequentlyusedandallaremutuallyexclusive.Comparedwithelaboratedcolortermsderivedfromthem,basiccolortermshaveabroaderdenotationandricherconnotationinacertainculture.
Soforthesakeofconvenience,thepresentstudyhasonlyconcernedthefirstsixofallelevenbasiccolortermsinChineseandEnglish,i.e.“hei”(black),“bai”(white),“hong”(red),“huang”(yellow),“lu”(geen),“lan”(blue).They,“primarycolors”(KayandMcDaniel,1978),arehardlyexcludedfromanyresearcher’swork.
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