| Physical description |
x, 404 pages : illustrations ; 26cm |
| Notes |
Papers presented at a conference, Asilomar Conference Center, California in 1992. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction / C. L. Hardin and Luisa Maffi -- 2. Color naming across languages / Paul Kay, Brent Berlin and Luisa Maffi [et al.] -- 3. The psychophysics of color / Bill Wooten and David L. Miller -- 4. Physiological mechanisms of color vision / Israel Abramov -- 5. The neuropsychology of color / Jules Davidoff -- 6. Insights gained from naming the OSA colors / Robert M. Boynton -- 7. Beyond the elements: Investigations of hue / David L. Miller -- 8. Color systems for cognitive research / Lars Sivik -- 9. Establishing basic color terms: measures and techniques / Greville G. Corbett and Ian R. L. Davies -- 10. Color shift: evolution of English color terms from brightness to hue / Ronald W. Casson -- 11. Two observations on culture contact and the Japanese color nomenclature system / James Stanlaw -- 12. Skewing and darkening: dynamics of the Cool category / Robert E. MacLaury -- 13. Genes, opsins, neurons, and color categories: closing the gaps / Stephen L. Zegura. |
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14. It's not really red, green, yellow, blue: an inquiry into perceptual color space / Kimberly Jameson and Roy G. D'Andrade -- 15. The linguistics of "color" / John A. Lucy -- 16. Closing thoughts / Luisa Maffi and C. L. Hardin. |
| Summary |
A distinguished cross-disciplinary reassessment of the work of Berlin and Kay on colour categories. |
| Other author |
Hardin, C. L., 1932-
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Maffi, Luisa.
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| Subject |
Color -- Psychological aspects.
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Color vision -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Psycholinguistics.
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| ISBN |
0521496934 |
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0521498007 (paperback) |
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