Culture, Language and Thought: Field Studies on Colour Concepts

In a series of studies the assumption of a lack of colour concepts in indigenous societies, as proposed by Berlin and Kay and others, was examined. The research took place in the form of minimally invasive field encounters with indigenous subjects in South East Asia and in India, as well as in West,...

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Published in:Journal of cognition and culture
Main Author: Groh, Arnold 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2016
In: Journal of cognition and culture
Year: 2016, Volume: 16, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 83-106
Further subjects:B colour concepts cognition culture field research indigenous linguistic relativity
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