Here are some examples of words and their connotations: WordConnotation HomeCozy, comfortable, safe BookKnowledge, education, entertainment CarFreedom, independence, status In writing, it’s important to be aware of both denotation vs. connotation. Choosing the right words can help you convey the ...
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Connotations in Academics Linguists, grammarians, and academics have commented on connotations and explained their meanings as the following examples demonstrate. Alan Partington In his bookPatterns and Meanings(1998), Alan Partington observes that connotation is a "problem area" forlearners of a languag...
C. S. Lewis's Studies in Words explores this fascination by taking a series of words and teasing out their connotations using examples from a vast range of English literature, recovering lost meanings and analysing their functions. It... LEWIS,S C. - 《Canto Classics》 被引量: 90发表: 19...
betweenChineseandEnglish,wecanunderstanddifferenttranslationmethodssothat wecanimproveourEnglishability.Furthermore,itcanpromotethecommunication betweenChinaandwesterncountries. Thisthesisconsistsoffourchapters.Thefirstpartmainlytellsaboutthe significance,literaturereviewandpurposesofresearchontheculturalconnotationsof ...
bringspeoplegoodluck.•PeoplebornintheyearofDragonfeelsveryproud.•ButinGreekandRomanmythology,dragonisacrocodilelikemonsterwhichcanemitsmokeandfirefromitsmouth.•Therefore,aforeignstudentwithoutmuchknowledgeofChinesecultureispuzzledbytheidiomwangzichenglong,wonderingwhatkindofpersonsparentsexpecttheirchildrentobe.
aIn all this process, animal words gradually got their established connotations in all languages, that is, people associate their feelings and emotions, even happenings and natural phenomena with various animals which are thought to represent different characters like people, or serve as omens. 在所有...
1.It has been shown that words having certain connotations may cause us to react in ways quite foreign to what we consider to be our usual humanistic behavior.2.in the heat of battle ,players have been observed to throw themselves across the court without considering the consequences that ...
Meanwhile they are not only the tool of communication, but a very important component of the relationship between culturalconnotations. So comparing cultural differences between English and Chinese color words and the study on their translation can make the communication more fluent and effective and ...