海外英语（上）
海外英語（上）
해외영어（상）
Overseas English
2014年
4期
263-265
,共3页
metaphor%source domain%abstract domain%cognitive metaphor%metaphor of color-related words
As an important metaphor, metaphor of color-related English words regards color domain as source domain, and maps the color domain to non-colored abstract domain. This enables us to understand, think and discuss color-related concept. This paper studies the basic color-related English words through cognitive metaphor. The process of exploring the associative mean-ings of the color-related English words is in nature to understand the cultural connotation of color-related English words by means of cognitive metaphor under different cultural backgrounds.
