Yéli Dnye and the theory of basic color terms

  • The theory of basic color terms was a crucial factor in the demise of linguistic relativity. The theory is now once again under scrutiny and fundamental revision. This article details a case study that undermines one of the central claims of the classical theory, namely that languages universally treat color as a unitary domain, to be exhaustively named. Taken together with other cases, the study suggests that a number of languages have only an incipient color terminology, raising doubts about the linguistic universality of such terminology.

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Author:Stephen C. Levinson
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-1140202
ISSN:1055-1360
Parent Title (English):Journal of linguistic anthropology
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2009/12/08
Year of first Publication:2000
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2009/12/08
Volume:10
Issue:1
Page Number:53
First Page:3
Last Page:55
Note:
Signatur: Zs 23351
HeBIS-PPN:359458173
Dewey Decimal Classification:4 Sprache / 40 Sprache / 400 Sprache
Sammlungen:Linguistik
Licence (German):License LogoArchivex. zur Lesesaalplatznutzung § 52b UrhG