23.5306, Qs: Semantics of ''Blue'' in Various Languages

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Subject: 23.5306, Qs: Semantics of ''Blue'' in Various Languages

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Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:44:01
From: Jean-Charles Khalifa [jean.charles.khalifa at univ-poitiers.fr]
Subject: Semantics of ''Blue'' in Various Languages

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Hi everyone,

I'm planning to do some research on the semantics of the word ''blue'' in as
many languages as possible. More specifically, I'm interested in whether the
connotations of sadness, melancholy (as in ''the blues'') are to be found in
languages other than English. Could anyone out there help, either by providing
data from your own languages or the one you're familiar anough with, or
pointing to existing research in the field?

Will post a summary if results prove to be interesting.

All the best,

Jean-Charles Khalifa
University of Poitiers (France)
 

Linguistic Field(s): Language Documentation
                     Semantics
                     Sociolinguistics






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