An Explanation of Color Nomenclature Universale

Abstract

Specific physiological perception mechanisms account for some of the regularities associated with the lexical encoding of basic color terms described by Berlin and Kay (1969). This paper, however, focuses upon those regularities explained through reference to certain general principles of naming‐behavior which are also pertinent to domains other than color . [cognitive anthropology, folk classification, language change, language universale, naming‐behavior]