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| Abstract concepts and emotions are often associated with particular colours. For example, for many speakers of English, anger is red and jealousy is green. Some associations appear to have an experiential basis. For example, when we are angry our faces may turn red because more blood flows to the surface. In other cases, it is difficult to identify an experiential motivation for the association, as in the case of jealousy being ?green?. It has been observed that whereas some word-colour associations are universal others are highly culture specific (Kövecses 2006). However, no studies to date have investigated whether there is a relationship between universality and perceived experiential motivation of a particular word-colour association. In this study we investigated this issue using English and Cantonese as our test languages. Our first two research questions were as follows: l What kinds of word-colour associations are most likely to exhibit intra- -cultural and cross-cultural variation in English and Cantonese? l To what extent does intra-cultural and cross-cultural variation (or lack thereof) correlate with the perceived experiential nature of the association?? Furthermore, little is known about the extent to which word-colour associations are retained in a second language. Whilst some first language (L1) associations are likely to be retained, others will be dropped in favour of associations that are common in the second language (L2). Again, this may relate to the experiential (as opposed to cultural) nature of the associations. To investigate this question, we examined the word-colour associations favoured by Cantonese speakers when working in their L2 (English). Our second two research questions were as follows: l When Cantonese speakers use English, which word-colour associations do they retain from Cantonese and which do they acquire from English? l To what extent is their tendency to retain or acquire a particular word- -colour association related to the experiential nature of that association? | |
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Internacional
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Nombre congreso
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4TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON FIGURATIVE THOUGHT AND LANGUAGE FTL4 |
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Tipo de participación
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960 |
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Lugar del congreso
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Braga, Portugal |
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Revisores
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Si |
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ISBN o ISSN
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CDP08UPM |
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DOI
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Fecha inicio congreso
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23/10/2018 |
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Fecha fin congreso
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26/10/2018 |
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Título de las actas
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4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FIGURATIVE THOUGHT AND LANGUAGE |