@article{ART003237753},
author={Xing Yuebing},
title={A Collocational Study of the Chinese Basic Color Term "白" (White) Based on a Lexical Analysis Framework},
journal={The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China},
issn={1738-0502},
year={2025},
number={77},
pages={237-259},
doi={10.16874/jslckc.2025..77.009}
TY - JOUR
AU - Xing Yuebing
TI - A Collocational Study of the Chinese Basic Color Term "白" (White) Based on a Lexical Analysis Framework
JO - The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China
PY - 2025
VL - null
IS - 77
PB - Korean Society of Study on Chinese Languge and Culture
SP - 237
EP - 259
SN - 1738-0502
AB - Color terms, as linguistic reflections of human visual perception of light, carry rich cultural connotations and cognitive characteristics, making them of significant research value. Previous studies on basic color terms in Chinese have primarily approached the topic from cultural connotations or cognitive metaphor perspectives, with relatively few corpus-driven investigations into word co-occurrence and collocation patterns, lacking systematic quantitative descriptions. This study employs the maximal approach proposed by John Sinclair (1996, 2004) and applies a lexical analysis framework to systematically examine the collocational characteristics of the Chinese basic color term "白" (white). Using the BCC Modern Chinese Corpus from Beijing Language and Culture University as the data source, the study adopts random sampling methods to obtain concordance lines and utilizes LancsBox X 5.0.3 corpus analysis tools to quantitatively analyze the co-occurrence patterns of "白" from four dimensions: collocation, colligation, semantic preference, and semantic prosody. The study extracts high-frequency collocates ranked by T-score and MI values. The findings reveal that "白" exhibits diversified semantic preferences and demonstrates positive, negative, and neutral semantic prosody characteristics, conveying different emotional colorings in various collocational contexts. This research provides quantitative data support for collocation studies of basic color terms in Chinese, enriches the theoretical framework for Chinese color term research, and offers practical guidance for international Chinese language teaching and cross-cultural communication.
KW - Chinese;basic color terms;lexical analysis;collocation;semantic prosody;白
DO - 10.16874/jslckc.2025..77.009
ER -
Xing Yuebing. (2025). A Collocational Study of the Chinese Basic Color Term "白" (White) Based on a Lexical Analysis Framework. The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China, 77, 237-259.
Xing Yuebing. 2025, "A Collocational Study of the Chinese Basic Color Term "白" (White) Based on a Lexical Analysis Framework", The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China, no.77, pp.237-259. Available from: doi:10.16874/jslckc.2025..77.009
Xing Yuebing "A Collocational Study of the Chinese Basic Color Term "白" (White) Based on a Lexical Analysis Framework" The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China 77 pp.237-259 (2025) : 237.
Xing Yuebing. A Collocational Study of the Chinese Basic Color Term "白" (White) Based on a Lexical Analysis Framework. 2025; 77 : 237-259. Available from: doi:10.16874/jslckc.2025..77.009
Xing Yuebing. "A Collocational Study of the Chinese Basic Color Term "白" (White) Based on a Lexical Analysis Framework" The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China no.77(2025) : 237-259.doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2025..77.009
Xing Yuebing. A Collocational Study of the Chinese Basic Color Term "白" (White) Based on a Lexical Analysis Framework. The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China, 77, 237-259. doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2025..77.009
Xing Yuebing. A Collocational Study of the Chinese Basic Color Term "白" (White) Based on a Lexical Analysis Framework. The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China. 2025; 77 237-259. doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2025..77.009
Xing Yuebing. A Collocational Study of the Chinese Basic Color Term "白" (White) Based on a Lexical Analysis Framework. 2025; 77 : 237-259. Available from: doi:10.16874/jslckc.2025..77.009
Xing Yuebing. "A Collocational Study of the Chinese Basic Color Term "白" (White) Based on a Lexical Analysis Framework" The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China no.77(2025) : 237-259.doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2025..77.009
