英汉基本颜色词“黑”隐喻对比研究

目录

Abstract (i)

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1. Introduction (1)

2. Literature review (2)

2.1 “black” and “hei” (2)

2.2 Conceptual metaphor (2)

2.3 Previous studies of “black” and “hei” (3)

3. Analysis of “black” and “hei” from metaphorical perspective (5)

3.1 Similarities between “black” and “hei” (5)

3.1.1 EVIL OR ILLEGAL IS BLACK (5)

3.1.2 DISGRACE IS BLACK (5)

3.1.3 SOLEMN IS BLACK (6)

3.1.4 The reasons of similarities between “black” and “hei” (6)

3.2 Differences between “black” and “hei” (6)

3.2.1 Unique metaphorical meaning of “black” (6)

3.2.1.1 PROFIT IS “BLACK” (7)

3.2.1.2 USELESSNESS IS “BLACK” (7)

3.2.2 Unique metaphorical meaning of “hei” (7)

3.2.2.1 INTEGRITY IS “hei” (7)

3.2.2.2 INJUSTICE IS “hei” (8)

3.2.3 The causes of differences between “black” and “hei” (8)

4. Conclusion (8)

Works Cited (10)

“hei” and “black”

Huang Huimin

Abstract: This paper aims to make a comparative analysis of the metaphors of basic color “black”in English and “hei(黑)”in Chinese. In the light of Lakoff and Johnson’s conceptual metaphor theory and with reference to previous study results, the paper reveals the similarities and dissimilarities of the metaphorical meanings of basic color “hei” and “black” between these two languages , and then probes into the causes leading to them. Finally, a conclusion arises that the study of basic color metaphors of “hei”and “black”will be greatly helpful for cross-cultural communication and English teaching.

Key words: metaphor; black; hei; comparative study

英汉基本颜色词“黑”与“black”

隐喻对比研究

摘要：本论文旨在对基本颜色词“黑”和“black”隐喻意义进行对比分析。根据莱考夫和约翰逊的概念隐喻理论以及前人对此方向的研究，该论文通过举例呈现“黑”和“black”相同隐喻意义和不同隐喻意义后并对其相同和相异产生的现象进行讨论原因。最后，笔者总结全文，表明该项对英汉基本颜色词隐喻的研究有利于跨文化交际和英语教学。

关键词: 隐喻；黑；对比研究

“hei” and “black”

1. Introduction

Color is a kind of natural phenomenon. No matter what the language is, color terms really play an important role in vocabulary or in a nation’s language. Besides, almost colors a re so closely related to human’s lives that there are various meanings on the same color. So it is absolutely meaningful to implement research on color for people to better understand color and use color terms.

According to previous studies of color, the author found that researchers really studied a lot about color from many aspects. Zhang Zongjiu thought that color terms have an essential rhetorical function, and reflect the traditional culture of one nation. He made a contrastive rhetorical study of color terms in Chinese and English via basic color, expressional color, associational color. Song Ping noticed that influenced by different traditional culture, history and so on, there are great differences on color classification, language use. So she mainly studied color from different cultures. Sun Renjie studied color from this aspect of cross-cultural communication. Besides, Fan Jiacheng adopted another perspective to analyzed color. His study helps learners further understand culture exchanges between countries through contrastive study of color semantics. Most studies of color are from social and cultural perspective, so the author will make a study of color from cognitive perspective on the basis of conceptual metaphor.

As for metaphor, traditionally, people viewed metaphor as a set of extraordinary or figurative linguistic expression. In 1980, Lakoff and Johnson, the authors of an influential book Metaphor We Live By which firstly showed the study of cognitive metaphor, pointed out that metaphor is pervasive in everyday life, not just in language but in thought and action. (Lakoff and Johnson, 1980) It is not only as a figure of speech, but also a way of thinking accepted by almost people. Li Aihua proved that there are not only differences but also similarities in the way of human’s thinking on the understanding of color meanings based on conceptual metaphor theory. And Cao Xiaoping also put forward her view that the expression of color’s meaning, to a great extent, depends on people’s cognition.

Therefore, enlightened by a few research on color from cognitive perspective, the author will further understand color meanings through the analysis of the