Basic Color Terms: Their Universality and Evolution

Brent Berlin, Paul Kay

University of California Press, 1969 - Art - 178 pages

Study of colour terms in 98 languages of the world; Study includes data from Australian languages; Aranda, Torres Strait, Queensland, Fitzroy River (Qld.).

Bibliographic information

• Title: Basic Color Terms: Their Universality and Evolution
• Authors: Brent Berlin, Paul Kay
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: University of California Press, 1969
• ISBN: 0520014421, 9780520014428
• Length: 178 pages
• Subjects: Art / Color Theory; Foreign Language Study / Multi-Language Phrasebooks; Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Etymology