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.
Author: | Stephen C. Levinson |
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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): | Archivex. zur Lesesaalplatznutzung § 52b UrhG |