Table of contents

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Part 1. Lexicalization patterns in and over time
5. Rethinking the category of “basic color term” 23
6. Lexicalization patterns in Slovak color naming 45
7. Compound color terms in Italian 61
8. “Brightness” in color linguistics 83
9. Lexicalization patterns in color naming in Korean 109
10. Lexicalization patterns in color naming in Gbaya, a Ubanguian language of CAR 133
11. Part 2. Color terms in a genealogical and typological perspective
12. Innovations in Semitic color term systems 159
13. Lexicalization patterns in color naming 191
14. Complex color denomination in French and Occitan 213
15. Color terms in Basque 237
16. Lexicalization patterns in color naming in Croatian, Czech, and Polish 269
17. Color naming in Africa 1
18. Part 3. Languages in culture and languages in contact
19. Universals and variability of color naming in Icelandic, Icelandic Sign Language, and North American Icelandic 333
20. Symbolic and cultural meaning of colors in phraseology 357
21. From object to color and back 379
22. Ossetic color terms system 401
23. Index 427