A new paradigm: The semantics of colour

Wierzbicka, Anna

doi:10.1075/z.pics1.05wie

In:Progress in Colour Studies: Volume I. Language and culture
Edited by Carole P. Biggam and Christian Kay
[Not in series PICS 1] 2006
► pp. 1–24

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The semantics of colour

A new paradigm

Anna Wierzbicka

Published online: 30 November 2006

https://doi.org/10.1075/z.pics1.05wie

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