Human societies name and classify colours in various ways. This book presents the basic principles of modern colour semantics, including the recognition of basic vocabulary, specialised terms and the significance of non-colour features. Each point is illustrated by case studies drawn from modern and historical languages from around the world.
Human societies name and classify colours in various ways. This book presents the basic principles of modern colour semantics, including the recognition of basic vocabulary, specialised terms and the significance of non-colour features. Each point is illustrated by case studies drawn from modern and historical languages from around the world.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
C. P. Biggam is a Senior Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow and a Life Member of Clare Hall, University of Cambridge. She is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, Director of the Anglo-Saxon Plant-Name Survey, and a committee member for the Progress in Colour Studies conference series. She has published books and articles on semantics, Anglo-Saxon studies, colour studies and plant-names.
Inhaltsangabe
1. What is colour? 2. What is colour semantics? 3. Basic colour terms 4. Non-basic and non-standard colour expressions 5. Basic colour categories 6. The evolutionary sequence 7. Different approaches 8. Historical projects: preliminaries 9. Synchronic studies 10. Diachronic studies 11. Prehistoric colour studies 12. Applications and potential.