The Semantics of Colour - A Historical Approach (Hardcover, New)

Human societies name and classify colours in various ways. Knowing this, is it possible to retrieve colour systems from the past? This book presents the basic principles of modern colour semantics, including the recognition of basic vocabulary, subsets, specialised terms and the significance of non-colour features. Each point is illustrated by case studies drawn from modern and historical languages from around the world. These include discussions of Icelandic horses, Peruvian guinea-pigs, medieval roses, the colour yellow in Stuart England, and Polynesian children's colour terms. Major techniques used in colour research are presented and discussed, such as the evolutionary sequence, Natural Semantic Metalanguage and Vantage Theory. The book also addresses whether we can understand the colour systems of the past, including prehistory, by combining various semantic techniques currently used in both modern and historical colour research with archaeological and environmental information.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2012
First published:	April 2012
Authors:	C.P. Biggam (Honorary Senior Research Fellow)
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	257
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-89992-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Semantics (meaning) > Pragmatics Promotions
LSN:	0-521-89992-3
Barcode:	9780521899925

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