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basic color term hierarchy: a standalone construct

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basic colorterm hierarchy1 CONSTRUCTBasic color termKAY · COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS

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Cognitive linguistics

implicational ordering in which languages add basic color terms in a constrained sequence, grounded here in neural response categories and fuzzy sets.

In cognitive linguistics, basic color term hierarchy refers to implicational ordering in which languages add basic color terms in a constrained sequence, grounded here in neural response categories and fuzzy sets. This meaning comes from Kay (1978) in Language.[1]

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basic color term universals1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone constructcolor4 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, four constructshierarchy4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

  1. Kay, P., & McDaniel, C. K. (1978). The Linguistic Significance of the Meanings of Basic Color Terms. Language, 54(3), 610-646. https://doi.org/10.2307/412789

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