The World Color Survey: Volume 159

by Paul Kay, Richard Cook, Luisa Maffi, et al.

The 1969 publication of Brent Berlin and Paul Kay's Basic Color Terms proved explosive and controversial. Contrary to the then-popular doctrine of random language variation, Berlin and Kay's multilingual study of color nomenclature indicated a cross-cultural and almost universal pattern in the selection of colors that received abstract names in each language. The ensuing debate helped reform the views of anthropologists, linguists, and psychologists...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1575864169
• ISBN13: 9781575864167
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Informat
• Length: 620 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 8.5" x 11.0"