SEMANTIC SPACE OF COLOR NAMES - AN INTERL INGUAL STUDY

Authors
VARTANOV AV SOKOLOV EN
Citation
Av. Vartanov et En. Sokolov, SEMANTIC SPACE OF COLOR NAMES - AN INTERL INGUAL STUDY, Psihologiceskij zurnal, 15(5), 1994, pp. 56-66
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology
Journal title
Psihologiceskij zurnal → ACNP
ISSN journal
02059592
Volume
15
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
56 - 66
Database
ISI
SICI code
0205-9592(1994)15:5<56:SSOCN->2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
The study of semantic color spaces in four different languages (Russia n, Arabic, Vietnam Kinh, Kinnyarwanda) has shown that they are isomorp hic each other. The color names are located on the hyper-sphere in the four-dimensional space matching the perceptual color space. At the sa me time color names in different languages can occupy different locati on characterizing specific vocabulary of a particular language.