Color Categories in Thought and Language by C. L. Hardin, Luisa Maffi

By C. L. Hardin, Luisa Maffi

Twenty-five years in the past, Berlin and Kay argued that there are commonalities of simple colour time period use that reach throughout languages and cultures, and possibly show common beneficial properties of belief and cognition. during this quantity, a unique crew of participants from visible technological know-how, psychology, linguistics and anthropology research how those claims have fared within the gentle of present wisdom, surveying key principles, effects and strategies from the examine of human colour imaginative and prescient in addition to box tools and theoretical interpretations drawn from linguistic anthropology.

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25 of 25 speakers searched; 25 used term B . D E I: walin 'yellow' 1 2 3 4 01234 5678901234 5678901234 5678901234567890 #++#+. ###++. #####+##++ #. . + . 23,25 *: minj-kimemb 'green' A B C D 3 4 1 2 01234 5678901234 56789012345678901234 567890 A ######################################### A 25 of 2 5 speakers searched; 25 used term A B C D E F G H I J c 53 Color naming across languages Notes 1 Maffi (1991) provides relevant bibliography. 2 Several studies in addition to Rosch's are cited in Kay (1975) as supportingthe idea of colorterm evolution involving category boundaries as well as foci.

J ######################################### j 25 of 25 speakers searched; 25 used term bi i sai A B C D E F G H I J 'red/yellow' =: a hoa saa ga 1 2 3 4 01234 5678901234 56789012345678901234567890 +##-. --+- ##### . # + -. +### I J 2 5 of 25 speakers searched; 25 used term A B C D E F G H I J 'green/blue' 1 2 3 4 01234 5678901234 5678901234 5678901234 567890 . --+. . -############++++. --##########++####.. . ++##############-##-. -##########-#+#++-.. -#### + # + # + + + --+.

D . - . . . -. . E F . -. G H H I I J J 11 of 11 speakers searched; 10 used term: 1. 11 29 Color naming across languages ically similar-and doubtless morphologically related-Candoshi words for yellow have similar term maps. Term maps provide important information, beyond that given in the naming arrays, for characterizing an internally variable speech community with respect to its degree of basic color-term development. Candoshi is transitional between stages IV and V. An original green/blue composite category (kavabana [=]) appears to have recently split and a new term for green (kamachpa [*]) has emerged.

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