A Lexical Comparative Analysis of the English and Chinese Color Terms in Connotation  

作　　者：WANG Bei 

机构地区：[1]Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China

出　　处：《Journalism and Mass Communication》2014年第3期215-223,共9页新闻与大众传媒（英文版）

摘　　要：The vocabulary is the most active factor in the language, and the meaning of color words in the vocabulary is abundant. The nature is multicolored, so various nationalities have formed each unique color view in precipitated long-term history, refracting gorgeous national culture. Culture has restrained the meaning of the color words from developing, and the cultural meaning of the color words has refracted out abundant cultural intension again. Because of different cultural issues, cultural tradition, and culture psychology, the cultural connotations of the English and Chinese color words differ greatly, as a result, these particular cultural connotation meanings are cast under different environments by different nationalities. There are a lot of similarities and differences on the meaning between English and Chinese color words. This paper analyzing Chinese and English color terms in the angle of lexicology, is guided by the book An Introduction to English Lexicology. After reviewing the research done by some linguists, this paper starts from the definition and origin of color terms, studies the changing and word-formation of color terms, then ends with some researches on the idioms on color terms, which gives a systematically comparison of Chinese and English color terms on their developing progress.

关 键 词：color terms ORIGIN CHANGING WORD-FORMATION IDIOMS 

分 类 号：G12[文化科学] H313[语言文字—英语]