COLOUR TERMS IN SUDDEN FICTION
https://doi.org/10.24833/2410-2423-2019-3-19-131-138
Abstract
The paper presents the analysis of colour perception and its interpretation in psychology and symbolism; it highlights colour properties and the approaches to colour studies largely in linguistics. One of the features of colours is their ability to express human emotions and feelings, either positive or negative (verbally/ nonverbally), and to create certain atmosphere in the situation abound in colours. Shades of colours can be regarded as a lexico-semantic group formed by adjectives and nouns, which can be simple, derived, and compound words. Short texts include many colour terms expressing such colour properties, as hue, saturation, tone, lightness, intensity; each of them contributes to decoding of some culture-specific features hidden in Sudden fiction. The analysis of Sudden fiction shows that short stories have specific composition, where colour terms perform different functions. Descriptive functions are mainly connected with focal colours and identify objects’ properties. Other functions, such as character-generating, associative, metaphoric, symbolic, semiotic, and culture specific are more complicated. Their identification implies additional knowledge of cultural, social, and historical planes.
About the Author
N. Panasenko
University of SS Cyril and Methodius in Trnava
Slovakia
Slovakia
Nataliya Panasenko – Doctor of Philology, Professor at the Chair of Language Communication
917 01, Slovakia, Trnava, Nám. Jozefa Herdu, 2
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Panasenko N. COLOUR TERMS IN SUDDEN FICTION. Linguistics & Polyglot Studies. 2019;19(3):131-138. https://doi.org/10.24833/2410-2423-2019-3-19-131-138
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