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1、ConnotativeMeaningsof“Red”Abstract:Although“red”hasabasicmeaning---(having)thecolourofbloodorfire,ithasmanyothermeanings.Thefollowingtextwillfocusonexplainingtheconnotativemeaningof“red”.Keywords:red,connotativemeaningsLinguisticsisacomparativelyyoungscienceb
2、utithasdevelopedseveralimportantbranches.Themajorbranchesincludephonetics,phonology,morphology,syntax,semantics,andpragmatics.Semanticsisconcernedwiththestudyofmeaninginallitsformalaspects.AndaccordingtotheBritishlinguistG.Leech,meaninginitsbroadestsensecanbe
3、classifiedintoseventypes------conceptualmeaning,connotativemeaning,socialmeaning,affectivemeaning,reflectivemeaning,collocativemeaningandthematicmeaning.Theseventypesofmeaningarenotsorespective,butinterrelatedevenoverlapped.Asisknowntoall,“(having)thecolourof
4、bloodorfire”isthebasicmeaningof“Red”,itisits’conceptualmeaning.However,thistextwillfocusonanalysingtheconnotativemeaningof“red”.Justlookatthefollowingsentences:(a)WecanseetheredlanternseverywhereduringtheSpringfestival.(b)Hisfaceisredwithshame.(c)It'sdangerou
5、stodrivethrougharedlight.(d)Heispreparingaredrevengeforhisdeadmother.(e)HewasaRedafterthePeople'sRepublicofChinawasestablished.Insentence(a),wecanunderstandittoBethelanternscolouris“red”.Thenwhyweuse“red”todescribethelantern,butnot“blue”or“black”?That’sbecaus
6、e“redlanterns”areseen“duringtheSpringfestival”(themostimportantfestivalinChina),andtheatmosphereonthatdayishappyandharmonious.That’stosay,“red”in(a)represents“happiness”and“festival”.Accordingtothis,it’seasiertounderstandsomecustomsinChina------usingredpapert
7、olistthesuperiorsinatestandredpapercontainingmoneyasagifttochildrenorboss，using“red”todescribesomeoneisverypopular,etc.Theyarebasedonthemeaningof“red”inChina------happy,luckyandhonorary.Asfor(b),wecanreaditas“thecolourofhisfacebecomeredbecauseofshame”.And“sha
8、me”canbereplacedwith“anger”,“embarrassment”and“shyness”,becausewhenone’sfaceis“red”,hemaybeangry,shamefulorshy.Anotherexampleis“redrag”,itisapieceofredclothusedtoirritatethebullinthearena
