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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. 237–268

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Color terms in Basque

Lexicalization and categorization

 | Universidad de Zaragoza
Published online: 9 October 2019
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https://doi.org/10.1075/sfsl.78.11iba
This chapter explores the domain of color terms in Basque from a descriptive, as well as a categorization perspective. The first part provides an overview of the color system in this language: its color lexicalization processes and the meanings these color labels cover. The second part focuses on the results of a categorization study of color in Basque. The data were retrieved from 20 native speakers of Basque and elicited using the color elicitation task as part of the EoSS project at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics (Majid et al., 2015). The chapter concludes with a discussion on the similarities and differences found in the descriptive and the categorization part.
Article outline
  • 1.The Basque color system
    • 1.1Ancient and not so ancient color labels
    • 1.2Lexico-morphological devices for color
    • 1.3Basque lexicalization patterns for color
  • 2.The use of Basque lexicalization patterns for color
    • 2.1Methodology
      • 2.1.1Stimuli, procedure, and coding
      • 2.1.2Participants
    • 2.2Analysis
      • 2.2.1Color hue and achromatism
      • 2.2.2Color hue subtype
      • 2.2.3Color hue similarity
      • 2.2.4Description of color value
      • 2.2.5Description of color saturation
      • 2.2.6[Color label A + color label B] structures
  • 3.Conclusions
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
  • Appendix
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