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Variations in color naming within and across populations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2005

Michael A. Webster*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Nevada – Reno, Reno, NV89557
Paul Kay*
Affiliation:
International Computer Science Institute and University of California – Berkeley, Berkeley, CA94704http://www.icsi.berkeley.edu/~kay/

Abstract

The simulations of Steels & Belpaeme (S&B) suggest that communication could lead to color categories that are closely shared within a language and potentially diverge across languages. We argue that this is opposite of the patterns that are actually observed in empirical studies of color naming. Focal color choices more often exhibit strong concordance across languages while also showing pronounced variability within any language.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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