Naming the Rainbow: Colour Language, Colour Science, and Culture - Softcover

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Part One: The Foundations of the Universalist Tradition in Colour Naming Research. Introduction. I. Colour Naming and Whorf's Hypothesis. II. Psychophysics and Colour Naming. III. Colour Naming and the Brain. IV. Language, Mind, and Brain: A Summary. Part Two: Colour Naming: Constraints, Cognition, and Culture. V. Composite Colour Categories and the Evolution of Systems of Colour Naming. VI. The Non-Naturalness of Colour Categories. VII. Culture and Colour Naming. Conclusion: Colour Naming, Cognition, and Culture. Appendix: Criticism of Berlin and Kay, and Rosch. Notes. References. Name Index.

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