英语专业毕业论文

BACHELOR’SDEGREETHESISOFLANZHOUCITYUNIVERSITYAnalysisoftheEmotionalMetaphorofBasicColorTermsinEnglishCulture------------------onRed,Yellow,BlueContentsAbstract...........................................................................................................................................3摘要.............................................................................................................................................4I.Introduction................................................................................................................................5II.LiteratureReview.....................................................................................................................5Ⅲ.BasicColorTerms.....................................................................................................................73.1BasicColorTerms..................................................................................................................73.2CategoryofBasicColorTerms..............................................................................................8IV.EmotionalMetaphorofBasicColorTerms............................................................................64.1Metaphor................................................................................................................................64.2EmotionalMetaphor..............................................................................................................7V.BriefIntroductiontoEmotionalMetaphorofBasicColorTerms........................................85.1Red.........................................................................................................................................85.2Yellow..................................................................................................................................115.3Blue......................................................................................................................................13Conclusion....................................................................................................................................17References......................................................................................................................................iiiAcknowledgements.......................................................................................................................ivAbstractTherearemanycolorfulobjectsinthenature.Thesecolorshavebeenanimportantpartofourdailylife.Theyrepresentwhatweseedirectly.Atthesametime,colorsarethedirectreflectionofobjectsinourminds.Sometimespeopleseethesameobjectbuttheyhavediversefeelings，maybeduetothedifferenceoftheirexperiences,feelings,culturalbackgroundsandotherfactors.Sotheyknowthatthemeaningofthesamecolorhaschangedbyculturalbackgrounds.Thatistosay,peoplewithdifferentculturesholddifferentviewsononekindofcolor.Thispapertakesthecolorred,yellow,blueforinstancetoanalyzetheiremotionalmetaphorsofseveralerasinEnglishculture.Basedonanalyzing,itshowsthechangeofpossiblemeaningofthreecolorsindifferenteras.ItaimsathelpingEnglishlearnerseffectivelymakecross-culturalcommunications.Moreover,knowingmoreaboutBasicColorTermsisinfavorofenrichingtheamountofvocabulary.KeyWords:BasicColorTerms,emotionalmetaphors,Englishculture,cross-culturalcommunications摘要大自然是由形形色色的事物构成，色彩在我们的日常生活中充当着重要的角色。它是人对事物最直观的看法。大多时候人们看到相同的事物但是因为看的人不同环境不同，心境不同或者所处文化背景不同总能衍生出各种各样的看法。所以我们知道了，颜色在不同文化背景的人眼中都代表着不同的含义，即相同的颜色只是因为看的人身处的环境变了，它背后所隐匿的意思也就不同了。本文主要以红、黄、蓝三种颜色为例探析基本颜色词在英语文化中的情感隐喻来解密基本颜色词在不同领域的情感意义，基于这种分析，本文罗列了这三种颜色词在同种文化下不同领域里的情感变化。这为英语学习者在跨文化交际中提供便利，也为他们在用英语表情达意时增加词汇的多样性。关键字：基本颜色词;情感隐喻;英语文化;跨文化交际I.IntroductionThesedays,withtheincreasinggrowthofnationalpowerofChina,culturalcommunicationismoreandmorefrequent.Specifically,thereisChinesebridgeintheinternationalexchangeandmoreChinesepeoplegoaboardbutmanyforeignerscomealongwayfromwesterncountries.ChinesepeopleneedtospeakEnglishandknowthecustomandhabitsofforeignlivingandspeaking.BecauseoftheculturalcommunicationbetweenChinaandthewest,moreandmorepeopleneedtocommunicateinEnglish.Thiskindofcultural-exchangeurgespeoplegraduallytofindoutthatculturaldifferencecanleadtocommunicationbarriers.Inotherwords,peopleseethesameobjectbuttheyhavediversefeelings，maybeduetothedifferenceoftheirexperiences,feelings,culturalbackgrounds.Thedeviationofunderstandingaffectsthecommunication.Andcolorwordscanbeutteredinspokenandwrittenlanguage.ManypeoplewhocommunicateinEnglishwanttoknowmoreaboutcolorwordsespeciallybasiccolorwords,hopingtohaveagoodcommandoftheiremotionalmeaningsinEnglishculture.Thestudyoncolorwordsfocusedonthecomparisonoftheirreflectedmeaningindifferentculturesathome.Butfewjustanalyzedtheiremotionalmetaphorsonlyinsomekindofculture.ThispaperlooksattheunderlyingmeaningofthesebasiccolorwordsinEnglishculture.Byenumeratinghistoryandrepresentationofred,yellowandblue,thispassagewillprovidesomesymbolicmeaningsofthreewordsunderthiskindofculture,expectingtomakesucc