Colors and Association色彩与联想文档格式.docx

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ColorsandAssociation色彩与联想@#@ColorsandAssociation@#@@#@Essentially,Languageistheproductofthematerialmovementanddevelopment,throughwhichpeopletrytoperceiveandunderstandtheobjectivematerialworld.Amanwillliveinthreedifferentkindsofworldswhenhewasborn,namely,thephysicalworld,theperceptualworldandthelinguisticworld.Theoretically,theperceptualworldisbasedonthephysicalworld,andthelinguisticworldisthecomplexreflectionofthephysicalworldandtheperceptualworld.Perceptionistheprocessofgatheringinformationfromtheoutsidephysicalworldandassigningmeaningtoit.Oureyes,ears,nose,skinandtastebudsgatherinformation;@#@ourbrainselectsfromamongtheitemsofinformationgathered,organizestheinformation,andfinallyinterpretsandevaluatesit.@#@Sincewebaseourbehavioralresponsesonwhatweperceiveintherealworld,theconnotativemeaningofcolortermswegetfromperceptiondependsnotonlyonwhatisperceivedinthephysicalworldbutalsoonhowitisinterpreted.Sothedenotativemeaningofcolortermsresultsfromhuman’sbiologicalresponseatfirst,nobodywillmistakearedsunforagreensunexceptthecolor-blindedpeoplebecausepeoplereceivethesamesensorystimulifromthesameplanetinthesamesky,theycannotdistortthereality.Whileperceptiontakesplaceinsideeachindividual,itisculturethatprimarilydeterminestheconnotativemeaningweassigntothecolorsthatwefeeloutsideourselves.Inaword,cultureinfluencesourevaluationandinterpretationoftheconnotationinthecolorterms.@#@Forexample,eitherinthewestorintheeast,peopleconsiderredthewarmcolor,andtheytendtoassociateredwithbloodandfire,thisisundoubtedlyacommonbiologicalresponseofallhumanracesbasedontheobjectiveobservation.Besides,differentpeopleswillhavedifferentassociativemeaningfortheredundertheinfluenceofvariousculturalelements.Iftwopeoplesharethesameculturalframeofreference,theywillturnoutsimilarassociationwhenexposedtothesamecolour,otherwisetheirassociationwilldifferfromeachotherbecauseofthediversityoftheircultures.Obviously,cultureexercisesanirresistibleinfluenceonthepeople’sinterpretationofthecolourtermsinconnotation.@#@Forexample,thetitleoftheChineseclassicalnovelHongLouMeng（《红楼梦》）revealsabundanceofChineseculturalknowledge.First,红（red）iscloselyrelatedtowomenandlove,suchasthefollowingChineseexpressions:

@#@红玉、红肌、红泪、红颜知已、红粉佳人andsoon.AccordingtothefamousChinesedictionary《辞海》，红楼referstothemagnificenthousesofrichpeople,especiallythebeautifulbowerswhereyoungmaidslive.Therefore,红楼doesnotnecessarilymeanredmansionsintheoriginaltitle.Infact,allthehousesandbuildingsinthenovelwerenotpaintedred,suchasthe潇湘馆andthe蘅芜院.ItisclearthatADreamoftheRedMansions（《红楼梦》）isamechanicaltranslationfortheoriginaltitle《红楼梦》.Secondly,theidiomRedMansions红楼islikelytocausewesternpeopletothinkofthesimilarexpressionred-brickedmansionswhichareconsideredsecond-classbuildings.Inwesterncountries,richpeopleliveinbrown-stonedhousesratherthanred-brickedmansions.@#@Therefore,wearecomparingtheChineseculturewiththeEnglishculturewhenwemakeacontrastiveanalysisofChineseandEnglishcolourtermsinconnotation.Becauseoftheinterdependencebetweenlanguageandculture,aqualifiedinterculturalcommunicantshouldbegoodattwolanguagesandthetwoculturesconcerned,onlyinthiswaycanhedevelopasociolinguisticawarenessoftheconnotativemeaningsofthecolourterms.@#@Inthissense,whetherornotasecondlanguagespeakercanobtaintheconnotativemeaningofthecolourtermsinthesecondlanguagedependsonhowmuchlinguisticknowledgeandculturalknowledgehehasgraspedofthelanguageheislearning.@#@Therefore,thecontrastiveanalysisoftheconnotativemeaningsofEnglishandChinesecolourtermscanbeperformedatfourlevels,thatis,theassociativecorrespondence联想对应,@#@theassociativeoverlap联想重合,@#@theassociativeconflict联想碰撞and@#@theassociativegap联想空缺.@#@Firstly,theassociativecorrespondence联想对应suggeststhattwodifferentwordsaredifferentindenotation,theyaresameinconnotation.Secondly,theassociativeoverlap联想重合meansthattwodifferentwordsareidenticalwitheachotherbothindenotationandconnotation,thisissurelyasemanticcoincidence.Thirdly,theassociativeconflict联想碰撞referstotheconnotativeconflictbetweentwowordsthoughsimilarinsurfacemeaningtoeachother.Fourthly,theassociativegap联想空缺describesthatonewordisrichintheassociativemeaningsinonelanguageandthereisshortageofthecorrespondingassociationinanotherlanguagewhiletwowordsresembleeachotherinthesurfacemeaning.Ofcourse,thesefourclas