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1、ColourandColourTerminologyAuthor(s):N.B.McNeillSource:JournalofLinguistics,Vol.8,No.1(Feb.,1972),pp.21-33Publishedby:CambridgeUniversityPressStableURL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/4175133.Accessed:10/08/201116:58YouruseoftheJSTORarchiveindicatesyouracceptanceoftheTerm
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3、eproductivityandfacilitatenewformsofscholarship.FormoreinformationaboutJSTOR,pleasecontactsupport@jstor.org.CambridgeUniversityPressiscollaboratingwithJSTORtodigitize,preserveandextendaccesstoJournalofLinguistics.http://www.jstor.orgJL8(1972)i-i99PrintedinGreatBritai
4、nColourandcolourterminologyN.B.McNEILLPsycholinguisticLaboratories,TheUniversityofChicago(Received30MayI97I)Thecontinuousgradationofcolourwhichexistsinnatureisrepresentedinlanguagebyaseriesofdiscretecategories.1Athoughthereisnosuchthingasanaturaldivisionofthespectrum
5、,everylanguagehascolourwordsbywhichitsspeakerscategorizeandstructurethecolourcontinuum.Thenumberofcolourwordsandthemannerinwhichdifferentlanguagesclassifythecolourcontinuumdiffer.Bassa,alanguageofLiberia,hasonlytwotermsforclassifyingcolours;huiandziza(Gleason,I955:5)
6、.Huicorrespondsroughlytothecoolendofthespectrum(black,violet,blue,andgreen)andzizacorrespondstothewarmendofthespectrum(white,yellow,orangeandred);inBambara,oneofthelanguagesoftheCongoarea,therearethreefundamentalcolourwords:dyema,blemaandfima(Zahan,195I:52).Dyemaincl
7、udeswhite,beige,andnatural(cotton)colour;blemadenotesreddish,brownishshades;andfinallyfimaincludesdarkgreen,indigoandblack.MaerzandPaul(I930)listover3000colournamesinEnglish,butgenerallyitisconsideredtohaveeightbasicnames:black,white,red,orange,yellow,green,blueandvi
8、olet.Thequestionofhowmanycoloursthereareandhownamesarerelatedtocolourexperienceshasintriguedmanyscholars;muchresearchhasbeendoneont
