A Contrastive Study of the Connotative Meaning of Linguistic Signs in English and Chinese
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| Title | A Contrastive Study of the Connotative Meaning of Linguistic Signs in English and Chinese |
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| Abstract | According to G. Leech’s classification of meaning, the denotative meaning of a word is different from its connotative one. The denotation of a linguistic sign may be the same in different languages, but their connotations may be quite different. The paper makes a contrastive analysis of the connotative meaning of linguistic signs in English and Chinese, such as Color terms, Kinship terms, Animal-related Words and Euphemisms. It also discusses the reason for the differences between the two languages. |
| Publisher | ACADEMY PUBLISHER |
| Date | 2011-12-01 |
| Source | Theory and Practice in Language Studies Vol 1, No 12 (2011) |
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