Re: Color Terms
| From: | Boudewijn Rempt <bsarempt@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, November 18, 2000, 8:12 |
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On Fri, 17 Nov 2000, Sylvia Sotomayor wrote:
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> It occured to me that the Kélen have a rather complex color scheme where the
> name of the color changes according to what is being described. The way a Kélen
> person would describe it is that they have 4 different sets of color terms, 4
> being the sacred number of course.
Oh, this is good! I wonder - is there any natlang that shows
a similar pattern - Berlin and Kay don't mention it, for sure,
but it look so natural, logical and satisfactory.
Boudewijn Rempt | http://www.valdyas.org