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1、TheEmotionalMeaningReflectedbyColourWordsinEnglishLanguage英语语言中颜色词折射的情感意义Chapter1Introduction1.1RationaleInlinguisticsthestudyofmeaninginlanguageisdefinedassemantics.Inthisfield,aquiteimportanttheoryisLeech’sseventypesofmeaning,fiveofwhichareincludedin
2、theassociativemeaning.Thesefivemeaningsareconnotativemeaning,socialmeaning,affectivemeaning,reflectedmeaning,andcollectivemeaning.Amongthefivemeaningstheaffectivemeaningalsotheemotionalmeaningthreadsalineamongthese.Asoneaspectofthestudyofmeaning,enough
3、knowledgeontheemotionalmeaningisnecessary，helpingushaveaknowledgeoftheothermeaningsfortheconnectionsbetweenthem.Affectivemeaning,assimplycalledtheemotionalmeaning,iswhatiscommunicatedofthefeelingsandattitudesofthespeaker/writertowardsthelistener/reader
4、’and/orwhatheorsheistalkingabout.Wemayaddresssomebodyasanidiottoconveyourdespiseordescribesomethingasmarveloustoexpressourpositiveevaluation.Notjustawholesentenceoralongpassagecanrevealaperson’sattitudeorhisorherinnerfeelings,butasimplewordcanalsodo.In
5、therealword,coloristhemostdirectthingthatwecaneasilyreceive.Whatitdisplaysisnotonlyitsoriginalmeaning.AccordingtoLeech’stheory,thethesisbeginswithasimpleintroductionofcolorword’stwokindsofmeanings–conceptualmeaningandconnotativemeaning,toemphasizethela
6、ter,especiallytheemotionalmeaning.Itssourcesintherealworldanditspracticalfunctionswillbegenerallyillustratedinthefollowing.1.2LiteratureReviewBecauseofglobalization,itisofnecessityforustogetmoreknowledgeabouttheworldoutsidetomakecross-culturalcommunica
7、tionsproceedsuccessfully.Andfamiliaritywiththeirculturesthroughthecolorwordsisoneofthegoodchoices.Theemotionalmeaningsreflectedbythewordsareworthstudyinginparticular.AsBoRuilisaid,thecolorwordsinbothChineseandEnglishlanguageshaveanintimateconnectionwit
8、heachculturaltradition,oftenhavinganeffectonpeople’sthinkinghabitsrespectivelyandconfiningtheirdailybehaviorsinsomespecialcontexts.Thecolorwordsareamirror,truthfullyreflectinghumanloveanddetestaffirmationandnegation.Itisendowedwithspeci
