| Chapter One Introduction | 第1-19页 |
| ·Definition of Basic Color Terms | 第11-14页 |
| ·Definition of Cultural Connotations | 第14-15页 |
| ·Possibility and Necessity of the Contrastive Analysis | 第15-19页 |
| ·Possibility | 第15-16页 |
| ·Necessity | 第16-19页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第19-33页 |
| ·Study on Colors in Foreign Countries | 第19-29页 |
| ·Epistemic Orientation | 第19-23页 |
| ·Linguistic Orientation | 第23-29页 |
| ·Study on Color Terms in China | 第29-33页 |
| Chapter Three A Contrastive Study on Cultural Connotations of Basic Color Terms between English and Chinese | 第33-72页 |
| ·Principles of Studying Color Terms | 第33-40页 |
| ·Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis | 第33-36页 |
| ·Berlin & Kay’s Theory of Basic Color Terms | 第36-40页 |
| ·Contrast of Cultural Connotations of Basic Color Terms between English and Chinese | 第40-67页 |
| ·Black and 黑 | 第40-44页 |
| ·White and 白 | 第44-49页 |
| ·Red and 红 | 第49-56页 |
| ·Yellow and 黄 | 第56-59页 |
| ·Green and 绿 | 第59-62页 |
| ·Blue and 蓝 | 第62-65页 |
| ·Purple and 紫 | 第65-66页 |
| ·Gray and 灰 | 第66-67页 |
| ·Comments on Similarities and Differences in Theory | 第67-72页 |
| Chapter Four Causes for Similarities and Differences | 第72-86页 |
| ·Causes for Similarities | 第72-73页 |
| ·Causes for Differences | 第73-86页 |
| ·Perception | 第73-75页 |
| ·Environment | 第75-77页 |
| ·Philosophy | 第77-82页 |
| ·Religion | 第82-85页 |
| ·Other Causes | 第85-86页 |
| Chapter Five Implication | 第86-101页 |
| ·mplication for the Relationship between Color terms and Culture | 第86-88页 |
| ·mplication for the Use of Color Terms in Cross-cultural Communication | 第88-91页 |
| ·mplication for Learning Color Terms in Second Language Learning | 第91-94页 |
| ·mplication for Translation of Color Terms | 第94-101页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第101-103页 |
| Bibliography | 第103-108页 |
| Abstract (Chinese) | 第108-112页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第112-117页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第117-118页 |
