In:Lexicalization patterns in color naming: A cross-linguistic perspective
Edited by Ida Raffaelli, Daniela Katunar and Barbara Kerovec
[Studies in Functional and Structural Linguistics 78] 2019
► pp. 45–60
Lexicalization patterns in Slovak color naming
Published online: 9 October 2019
https://doi.org/10.1075/sfsl.78.03dud
https://doi.org/10.1075/sfsl.78.03dud
This chapter deals with lexicalization patterns in Slovak
color naming on the basis of empirical data from the EoSS project
(Evolution of Semantic Systems, 2011–2014, Max Planck Institute for
Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen). Due to the developmental
particularities of the Slovak color naming system, we can find
word-formation, and other grammatical (e.g., syntactic) and semantic
(e.g., metonymy) patterns featured in the creation of Slovak color
terms in the structure of the contemporary Slovak language. For all
these patterns, we use the term lexicalization pattern, which is
involved in creating different semantic categories. Not all
lexicalization patterns are equally productive in the division of
the color spectrum. Therefore, we focus on their productivity, as
well as on the dominant and peripheral types of meanings that have
cultural roots.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.The cultural and historical aspects of color naming
- 2.1Influence of culture on color spectrum differentiation
- 2.2Developmental particularities of the Slovak color naming system
- 3.Lexicalization patterns in color naming
- 3.1Basic meanings expressed by derivation and composition
- 3.2Productivity of lexicalization patterns and meaning categories
- 3.3The semantic pattern ‘N-like’ in color naming
- 4.Conclusion
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