英语核心词“火”词源研究

On the Semantic Development of “Fire” in English

火是人类赖以生存的一种基本物质,在美国语言学家斯瓦迪士的核心词《百词表》中居第82位。通过对英语火概念的词源及用法考察发现,"火"的语义特征表现为:第一,火是燃烧的,有热度的;二,其次,火是红色的,也是耀眼的,可以做记号。

@@@@“Fire”,one of basic elements in the world, ranks the 39th in the Swadesh 100-word-list. The detailed study of the“fire”semantic field shows that the notion“fire”means something burning and warm and something red and shining that can be regarded as signs.