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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">One of my students just posed this question in Language and Culture class. It is sort of reminiscent of the issue of deafness and dreaming that people speak. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">If color is a structural coupling between neurophysiology and culture, do blind people have color classifications derived from cultural meanings (such as values attached to terms like "warm," "cool," "dark," "light," etc.)? In other words, without seeing flames in terms of "red and yellow" but rather in terms of "warmth," is another way of defining color created or is blindness simply the complete absence of color? I haven't done/read any research on blindness so I don't know the answers but I'm curious if anyone </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">has any knowledge or comments about this.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Betsy Brandt</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Geneva">Department of Anthroplogy</FONT>
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