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The meaning of colour words in a cross-linguistic perspective

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dc.contributor.authorWierzbicka, Anna
dc.contributor.editorElliot, Andrew J.
dc.contributor.editorFairchild, Mark D.
dc.contributor.editorFranklin, Anna
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-14T23:21:47Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.date.updated2021-08-01T08:43:59Z
dc.description.abstractPeople in a given speech community have words they need in order to talk easily about things they often want to talk about. Words which have their exact equivalents in all languages can be called, somewhat loosely, 'universal words'. Linguists prefer to call them 'lexical universals': obviously what are really universal are not words as such but only their meanings. Since some words have more than one meaning, if we want to establish what is really universal we need to focus in each case on a specific meaning.
dc.identifier.isbn9781107043237
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/104090
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.relation.ispartofHandbook of Color Psychology
dc.relation.isversionof1st Edition
dc.titleThe meaning of colour words in a cross-linguistic perspective
dc.typeBook chapter
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage316
local.bibliographicCitation.placeofpublicationCambridge
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage295
local.contributor.affiliationWierzbicka, Anna, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.authoruidWierzbicka, Anna, u7300787
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.description.refereedYes
local.identifier.absfor200408 - Linguistic Structures (incl. Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics)
local.identifier.ariespublicationu9803255xPUB1226
local.identifier.doi10.1017/CBO9781107337930.015
local.type.statusPublished Version

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