The Color Lexica of Two American Indian Languages, Quechi and Misquito: A Critical Contribution to the Application of the Whorf Thesis to Color Naming.

von Wattenwyl, Andre; Zollinger, Heinrich

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The Color Lexica of Two American Indian Languages, Quechi and Misquito: A Critical Contribution to the Application of the Whorf Thesis to Color Naming

von Wattenwyl, Andre; Zollinger, Heinrich

International Journal of American Linguistics, 44, 1, 56-68, Jan 78

Studies the link between the theory of the neurophysiology of color perception and Berlin and Kay's ideas on color linguistics and color perception. Two interpretations of studies of color terminology are shown, one supporting and one disproving the Whorf Thesis. (NCR)

Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Anthropological Linguistics, Color, Language Usage, Lexicology, Mayan Languages, Neurolinguistics, Perception, Psychophysiology, Visual Perception, Vocabulary, Word Frequency

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