color terms : Berlin & Kay

[Jonathan Lighter]

Thanks, Steve. I'm looking for languages that  take "the blue from the skies and the pretty girls' eyes and a bit of Old Glory too" and routinely distinguish.

JL



"Steve Kl." <stevekl at PANIX.COM> wrote:
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The linguists Paul Kay and Brent Berlin have worked on color terms in
languages for decades.

Paul Kay's homepage lists a good deal of works in this regard:

http://www.icsi.berkeley.edu/~kay/

Checking those out will lead you to a wealth of material that has been
written on color terms.

- Steve

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