cultural semantic field

Chinese translation: 文化语义场

11:51 Nov 19, 2005
English to Chinese translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Linguistics / semantic field
English term or phrase: cultural semantic field
Would you please tell me the definitions of cultural semantic field and natural semantic field and make some examples of them respectively?
vivianyang
Chinese translation:文化语义场
Explanation:
查《英语词汇学》的书就有答案。这个问题不亚于考试的综述题,超复杂。

The words red, green, blue, white, gray, orange, rose, olive, purple, lemon, etc. make up the semantic field of colours; the words sorrow, grief, anguish, woe, regret, etc. make up the field of distressing emotions, and so on.
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redred
China
Local time: 18:33
Grading comment
Thanks.是到MORPHOLOGY里查吗?这不是属于SEMANTICS的吗?
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文化语义场


Explanation:
查《英语词汇学》的书就有答案。这个问题不亚于考试的综述题,超复杂。

The words red, green, blue, white, gray, orange, rose, olive, purple, lemon, etc. make up the semantic field of colours; the words sorrow, grief, anguish, woe, regret, etc. make up the field of distressing emotions, and so on.

redred
China
Local time: 18:33
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 3
Grading comment
Thanks.是到MORPHOLOGY里查吗?这不是属于SEMANTICS的吗?

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