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Conceptual and Connotative Meanings of Black and White Colours: Examples from Jordanian Arabic

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  • Khalid Rabab'ah
  • Emad Al-Saidat

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This paper aims at investigating the conceptual and connotative meanings of the black and white colours as used in the Jordanian society in order to find out the role played by culture in shaping the meaning of lexical items. The results show that all the participants of the study interpret the target expressions according to their connotative meanings rather than lexical ones. The major finding of the study is white colour suggests positive meaning whereas black colour suggests negative meaning; however, few expressions do not follow this pattern such as, ‘his eye is white’, ‘white death’ and ‘black horse’.

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  • Khalid Rabab'ah & Emad Al-Saidat, 2014. "Conceptual and Connotative Meanings of Black and White Colours: Examples from Jordanian Arabic," Asian Culture and History, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 6(2), pages 255-255, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:ach123:v:6:y:2014:i:2:p:255
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    1. Amna Hasan & Nabiha Al-Sammerai & Fakhrul Kadir, 2011. "How Colours are Semantically Construed in the Arabic and English Culture: A Comparative study," English Language Teaching, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 4(3), pages 206-206, September.
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