Re: To Raymond (re: Uusisuom)

--- David Peterson <DigitalScream@...> wrote:
> In a message dated 4/26/01 5:22:45 AM,
> yl112@CORNELL.EDU writes:
>
> << <thinking>  Actually, this is more a
> symbolism-reference than a
> psychology-reference (I can't remember the psych-ref
> offhand), but J.C.
> Cooper's _Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Traditional
> Symbols_ discusses
> color symbolism in various cultures (European,
> classical, Chinese,
> Indian, Japanese, and sometimes others are
> mentioned). >>
>
>     In our huge discussion of colors, my cognitive
> science professor said
> that the most salient, the most vivid, and most
> widely known color is red,
> and that people actually react differently to the
> color red.  The emotion it
> attaches to is always powerful.  Purple has nothing
> attached to it, and many
> languages don't have it.  Anyway, I think Daniel
> totally ignored my point not
> about colors (which, true, is a small thing), but
> about metaphor, and the
> different way different languages map metaphor.  I
> think a universal language
> should be devoid of inherent metaphor, or at least
> only map the ones that are
> almost universal.  But anyway, I've never checked
> his language for metaphors,
> so I'm just assuming (and it's an easy assumption to
> make since most people
> don't think of metaphor in language).
>
> -David
This may be off the track, but even in English,
Americans often say "I'm seeing red" to show their
anger.  I think in French there may be a similar
saying??

-Matt


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