文档介绍：RESEARCH ON CULTURAL CONNOTATIONS OF
ENGLISH AND CHINESE COLOR TERMS
——FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF COGNITIVE
MODEL AND CONTEXT

By
Xu Xiaoling

Under the supervision of
Associate Prof. Zhan Quanwang

A thesis
Submitted in partial fulfillment
of the requirements for the degree of
Master of Arts to the School of Foreign Studies
Anhui University

April 2009
Acknowledgements
At pletion of this thesis,I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude
and great appreciation to all those who have contributed to the writing of this thesis.
I cannot be more appreciative of the kind and patient instruction of my
supervisor Dr. Zhan Quanwang. It was his inspiring and constant encouragement that
enabled me to gain some academic achievements and work out the thesis. Without his
instructions,it would have been impossible for me to develop and elaborate the ideas
on color terms’ comparative study of English and Chinese in this thesis.
My sincere thanks should be also given to the teachers who have instructed my
courses through my postgraduate study and have offered me great help during my
study for the degree of MA in Anhui University. They are Professor Zhu Yue, Dr. Hu
Jian,Professor Zhu Xiaomei, Dr. Yang Ling,Dr. Zhang Hongxia,Professor Zhang
Ming and Professor Zhou Fangzhu.
At last, I am extremely grateful to my family,my friends for their support,
encouragement,and kindness during my thesis writing.

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Abstract
Since every object in the wor1d has its color, there are a number of color terms
both in English and Chinese. As an ponent of vocabulary, color terms
have been explored by many linguists. This thesis, bringing color terms into the
aspects of human experience, attempts to do a cognitive research into the
understanding of English and Chinese color terms by employing the theory of
cognitive model and context so as to give a more specific