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1、AComparisonofCulturalConnotationsbetweenChineseandEnglishColorWordsandTheirTranslationI.ClassificationofcolorwordsØthreecategories:basiccolorterms（基本颜色词），objectcolorterms(实物颜色词)andcolorwordsinshades（色差颜色词）ØSomewordsdominatedbyacommonconceptcanformasema
2、nticfield（语义空间）.Theconceptiscalledthesuperordinateterm（上位词）whilethewordsformingthefieldaresubordinatetermsorhyponyms（下位词）.Øtenbasiccolorterms:white,black,red,green,yellow,blue,brown,orange,grayandpurple.Ø黑、白、红、黄、绿、蓝、紫、灰等II.StructuralCharacteristics1.ad
3、j.+basiccolorword1)“deep/dark+colorwords”:indicatingthestrongcolore.g.,deepblue;deepgreen;darkbrown;darkred2)“light/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”，“黑货”，“黑市”，“黑手”，“黑社会”，“黑暗势力”，“黑幕”“blackeconomy”,“black
8、guard”,“blacklist”,“Ablacksheep”，“ablackmail”(3)Rage,DignityandJustice:“气得脸铁青(意指黑)”，“turnblackwithrage”.“tolookatsomeoneblack”“玄衣”ii.CulturalNon-equivalence(1)InChinese,“黑”wasusedtorefertoreactionaries,suchas“黑组织”，“黑后台”，“黑爪牙”，“黑纲领”，“黑材料
