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1、AComparisonofCulturalConnotationsbetweenChineseandEnglishColorWordsandTheirTranslationI.Classificationofcolorwords?threecategories:basiccolorterms(基本顏色詞),objectcolorterms(實物顏色詞)andcolorwordsinshades(色差顏色詞)?Somewordsdominatedbyacommonconceptcanformasema
2、nticfield(語義空間).Theconceptiscalledthesuperordinateterm(上位詞)whilethewordsformingthefieldaresubordinatetermsorhyponyms(下位詞).?tenbasiccolorterms:white,black,red,green,yellow,blue,brown,orange,grayandpurple.?黑、白、紅、黃、綠、藍、紫、灰等II.StructuralCharacteristics1.ad
3、j.+basiccolorword1)“deep/dark+colorwords”:indicatingthestrongcolore.g.,deepblue;deepgreen;darkbrown;darkred2)“l(fā)ight/pale+colorwords”:indicatingthelightcolore.g.,lightyellow;lightblue;palegrey;palewhit3)“bright/rich/vivid+colorwords”:indicatingthebright
4、colore.g.,bright/rich/vividred;bright/rich/vividyellow4)“dull/dirty+colorwords”:indicatingthedarkcolore.g.,dullyellow;dullgold;dirtygrey;dirtywhite2.colorwords+-ish:thedifferentshadesofthecolor.Anadjectivefollowedby–ishmeans“slightly….”e.g.,whitishsky,
5、yellowishbookleaves;reddishface…3.colorwords+colorwords:themixtureofthecolor.Theformerstandsforthewhilethelatterfunctionsasmodification.e.g.,redgreen;greenyellow;greyblue...4.colorwords+and+colorwords:Twocolorscoexistinginsomethingwithoutbeingmixedform
6、adesignandcolor.e.g.,Thedogisblackandwhite.Shehasayellowandblackcar.II.ContrastsofCulturalConnotationsofBasicColorTermsbetweenEnglishandChineseI.Blackand黑i.CulturalEquivalence(1)Darkness,Death,MisfortuneandSadness:“黑暗”,“黑沉沉”,“黑漆漆”;“blackout”,“blackfutu
7、re”,“blackandwhite”“Inablackmood”,“ablackdog”,“Blackcomedy”,“blackhumor”,“黑色的心情”,“黑色七月”(2)Dirtiness,Illegality,Evilspirit:“Ablacksheep”,“ablackmail”;“黑手”,“黑心”.“一身黑汗”“blacksweat”“黑水”,“blackwater”“黑道”,“黑貨”,“黑市”,“黑手”,“黑社會”,“黑暗勢力”,“黑幕”“blackeconomy”,“black
8、guard”,“blacklist”,“Ablacksheep”,“ablackmail”(3)Rage,DignityandJustice:“氣得臉鐵青(意指黑)”,“turnblackwithrage”.“tolookatsomeoneblack”“玄衣”ii.CulturalNon-equivalence(1)InChinese,“黑”wasusedtorefertoreactionaries,suchas“黑組織”,“黑后臺”,“黑爪牙”,“黑綱領”,“黑材料