Colour Metaphors and Symbols: 'Byl czlowiekiem czerwonych przekonan', 'na volitvah so zmagali zeleni'

dc.contributor.authorHill, Peter
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T22:40:31Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T12:12:19Z
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the metaphorical use of colour terms (CTs), with a special focus on the Slavonic languages. The metaphorical use of CTs is derived from their literal sense. Basic CTs are the most likely to occur in metaphorical use. In Sl folklore, RED is the colour par excellence, opposed to BLACK and WHITE. RED had both positive and negative associations. WHITE and BLACK relate to such oppositions as good - bad, happy - unhappy, healthy - sickly, hardworking - lazy. GREY designates gloom, both literally and figuratively, while YELLOW often symbolizes betrayal and cowardice. In many languages GREEN means 'inexperienced', but also 'spritely'. Anger is associated with different colours, while envy is imagined as causing a person to go blue or green. Bachilinia considers Ru goluboj to have positive connotations but sinij to be neutral. Many metaphorical or phraseological uses of CTs are internationalisms. In many cultures and in many countries, CTs have been used to denote points of the compass.
dc.identifier.issn0044-3506
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/57489
dc.publisherAkademie Verlag GmbH
dc.sourceZeitschrift fuer Slawistik
dc.subjectKeywords: Basic colour terms; Colour; Lexicology (European languages); Metaphor; Semantics (European languages)
dc.titleColour Metaphors and Symbols: 'Byl czlowiekiem czerwonych przekonan', 'na volitvah so zmagali zeleni'
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue4
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage417
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage400
local.contributor.affiliationHill, Peter, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.authoremailu4076396@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruidHill, Peter, u4076396
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor200408 - Linguistic Structures (incl. Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics)
local.identifier.absfor200304 - Central and Eastern European Languages (incl. Russian)
local.identifier.absseo950203 - Languages and Literature
local.identifier.ariespublicationu9803255xPUB402
local.identifier.citationvolume55
local.identifier.doi10.1524/slaw.2010.0032
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-79952555302
local.identifier.thomsonID000285863900002
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu9803255
local.type.statusPublished Version

Downloads

Original bundle

Now showing 1 - 2 of 2
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
01_Hill_Colour_Metaphors_and_Symbols:__2010.pdf
Size:
12.81 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
02_Hill_Colour_Metaphors_and_Symbols:__2010.pdf
Size:
20.68 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Back to topicon-arrow-up-solid
 
APRU
IARU
 
edX
Group of Eight Member

Acknowledgement of Country

The Australian National University acknowledges, celebrates and pays our respects to the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people of the Canberra region and to all First Nations Australians on whose traditional lands we meet and work, and whose cultures are among the oldest continuing cultures in human history.


Contact ANUCopyrightDisclaimerPrivacyFreedom of Information

+61 2 6125 5111 The Australian National University, Canberra

TEQSA Provider ID: PRV12002 (Australian University) CRICOS Provider Code: 00120C ABN: 52 234 063 906