Basic Color Terms
Their Universality and Evolution
Distributed for Center for the Study of Language and Information
210 pages
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6 x 9
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© 1969, 1991
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Table of Contents
Contents
Preface to the Paperback Edition
Preface
Introduction
1. The Data, Hypothesis, and General Findings
1.1 Procedure
1.2 Defining the concept of basic color term
1.3 Mapping basic color terms
1.4 Universality of basic color terms
1.5 Inter-language versus inter-informant variability
1.6 Category foci versus category boundaries
2. Evolution of Basic Color Terms
2.1 Basic color lexicon and technological/cultural complexity
2.2 The seven stages in the evolution of basic color terms
2.3 Some typical systems
2.4 Internal reconstruction of basic color terms
2.5 Problematical cases
3. The Data
3.1 Stage I systems
3.2 Stage II systems
3.3 Stage III systems
3.4 Stage IV systems
3.5 Stage V systems
3.6 Stage VI systems
3.7 Stage VII systems
4. Summary of Results and Some Speculations
APPENDIX I. Terms and mappings for twenty experimentally investigated languages
APPENDIX II. The growth of color vocabulary: one hundred years of theory
APPENDIX III. Alphabetical list of languages treated, indicating stage, number of terms, and source
APPENDIX IV. Standard authorities for the orthographies of cited languages
Notes
References Cited
Bibliography of Color Categorization Research 1970-1990 by Luisa Maffi
Index
Preface
Introduction
1. The Data, Hypothesis, and General Findings
1.1 Procedure
1.2 Defining the concept of basic color term
1.3 Mapping basic color terms
1.4 Universality of basic color terms
1.5 Inter-language versus inter-informant variability
1.6 Category foci versus category boundaries
2. Evolution of Basic Color Terms
2.1 Basic color lexicon and technological/cultural complexity
2.2 The seven stages in the evolution of basic color terms
2.3 Some typical systems
2.4 Internal reconstruction of basic color terms
2.5 Problematical cases
3. The Data
3.1 Stage I systems
3.2 Stage II systems
3.3 Stage III systems
3.4 Stage IV systems
3.5 Stage V systems
3.6 Stage VI systems
3.7 Stage VII systems
4. Summary of Results and Some Speculations
APPENDIX I. Terms and mappings for twenty experimentally investigated languages
APPENDIX II. The growth of color vocabulary: one hundred years of theory
APPENDIX III. Alphabetical list of languages treated, indicating stage, number of terms, and source
APPENDIX IV. Standard authorities for the orthographies of cited languages
Notes
References Cited
Bibliography of Color Categorization Research 1970-1990 by Luisa Maffi
Index
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