Title: Semantics versus pragmatics in colour categorization
Abstract: We argue that the confusing pattern of evidence concerning colour categorization reported by Saunders & van Brakel is unsurprising. On a perspectival view, categorization may follow semantic or pragmatic attributes. Colour lacks clear semantic attributes; as a result categorization is necessarily pragmatic and context-sensitive. This view of colour categorization helps explain the developmental delay in colour naming.
Publication Year: 1997
Publication Date: 1997-06-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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