Open AccessThe Metaphorical Expressions of Basic Color Words in English and Chinese
Author(s) -
Tinghua Li
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
english language teaching
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1916-4750
pISSN - 1916-4742
DOI - 10.5539/elt.v13n3p85
Subject(s) - psychology , color term , linguistics , metaphor , philosophy
This study makes a comparison of color metaphors about the similarities and differences between English and Chinese for few articles study the metaphorical usage of shared basic color terms in Chinese and English. The author makes a relatively systematic study of the color metaphors, which has some significance in the light of the cross-cultural communication, language teaching, language learning, as well as translation practice.