Swahili has a larger inventory of (more or less \"basic\") colour terms than most Bantu languages. The aim of this article is to present this colour terminology and to point out semantic, syntactic and morphological divergences. We also look at the etymology of the various colour terms and try to establish a chronology of the growth (and decline?) of Swahili colour terminology
In this article we discuss the use of Swahili terminology in the field of linguistics. In particular...
In our empirical and theoretical study of color naming among the Hadza, a Tanzanian hunter-gatherer ...
International audienceDwelling on lexicographical research and specific surveys, this study presents...
Swahili has a larger inventory of (more or less \"basic\") colour terms than most Bantu languages. T...
The synchronic distributional pattern of potential basic color terms in one dialect of Tswana is exa...
This paper describes colour terms and related concepts in selected Ethiopian languages. It examines ...
We report a field study of the colour terms of the Bantu language Ndebele. The main purposes of the ...
International audienceThis chapter is the first large-scale typological survey of the lexical means ...
This paper explores the linguistic contexts, uses and meanings of the colour terms Ntsho (black) and...
International audienceLanguages differ markedly in the number of colour terms in their lexicons. The...
Through their thorough investigation of the Hadza, a nonindustrialized language community in Tanzani...
SummaryMost people name the myriad colors in the environment using between two and about a dozen col...
The aim of the paper is to give some grammatical and diachronic evidence as to the evolution of the ...
International audienceWe present the results of a large-scale typological survey of colour-related m...
There are four basic colour terms in Meiteilon or Manipuri. There are also secondary colour terms, w...
In this article we discuss the use of Swahili terminology in the field of linguistics. In particular...
In our empirical and theoretical study of color naming among the Hadza, a Tanzanian hunter-gatherer ...
International audienceDwelling on lexicographical research and specific surveys, this study presents...
Swahili has a larger inventory of (more or less \"basic\") colour terms than most Bantu languages. T...
The synchronic distributional pattern of potential basic color terms in one dialect of Tswana is exa...
This paper describes colour terms and related concepts in selected Ethiopian languages. It examines ...
We report a field study of the colour terms of the Bantu language Ndebele. The main purposes of the ...
International audienceThis chapter is the first large-scale typological survey of the lexical means ...
This paper explores the linguistic contexts, uses and meanings of the colour terms Ntsho (black) and...
International audienceLanguages differ markedly in the number of colour terms in their lexicons. The...
Through their thorough investigation of the Hadza, a nonindustrialized language community in Tanzani...
SummaryMost people name the myriad colors in the environment using between two and about a dozen col...
The aim of the paper is to give some grammatical and diachronic evidence as to the evolution of the ...
International audienceWe present the results of a large-scale typological survey of colour-related m...
There are four basic colour terms in Meiteilon or Manipuri. There are also secondary colour terms, w...
In this article we discuss the use of Swahili terminology in the field of linguistics. In particular...
In our empirical and theoretical study of color naming among the Hadza, a Tanzanian hunter-gatherer ...
International audienceDwelling on lexicographical research and specific surveys, this study presents...