한⋅중 관용색 인지 대조 연구

Abstract

The study sought to reveal the difference between Korean and Chinese cognition of color terms by using the idiomatic color terms of objects. The first survey selected 45 idiomatic color terms of 11 basic color terms common between Korea and China, and the second survey showed that there was a difference in cognition between Korean and Chinese idiomatic color terms. All 39 idiomatic color terms, which have significant differences between the two groups, had a higher average of whether Korea comes to mind when things are presented than China, which can be said to remind Korea of the basic color terms better when it comes to idiomatic color terms than China. Of the 45 idiomatic color terms, Korea feels that [blood color] is ‘red’ and [forsythia color] is ‘yellow’, while [snow color] is the most basic color in ‘white’, while [sweet potato color] is not a color that reminds both Korea and China of ‘purple’. There are eight basic idiomatic color terms common to both Korea and China, including [coal briquette color], [snow color], [blood color], [grass color], [brown color], [eggplant color], [cherry blossom color], and [cement color] and China thinks [banana color], [sky color], and [orange color] as three basic idiomatic color terms for Korea’s [forsythia color], [sea color], and [carrot color]. It was ‘yellow’ that Koreans and Chinese showed a big difference in the selection rankings for selecting basic idiomatic color terms, then ‘blue’, and ‘white’, ‘purple’, ‘pink’, and ‘gray’ that had the same ranking. This paper attempted to incorporate the unfamiliar concept of idiomatic color terms into Korean language and Korean language education, and proved the difference in color cognition between Koreans and Chinese by quantifying and statistically using idiomatic color terms. It is expected that the results of this Korea-China cognitive comparison will contribute to the application of Korean language education in the future.