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Peer reviewedKay, Paul; McDaniel, Chad K. – Language, 1978
Recent empirical research into the meaning of words for color provides evidence that contradicts two widely held beliefs in linguistics and the philosophy of language. This paper presents a summary of this evidence, uses it as a basis to construct a general model of basic color-term semantics, and explores the implications of this model for…
Descriptors: Color, Language Universals, Lexicology, Linguistic Theory
