UID:
edocfu_9959235276402883
Format:
1 online resource (677 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
90-272-7202-6
Series Statement:
Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Studies in the history of the language sciences,
Content:
This monograph provides, for the first time, a comprehensive historical analysis of German colour words from early beginnings to the present, based on data obtained from over one thousand texts.Part 1 reviews previous work in colour linguistics. Part 2 describes and documents the formation of popular colour taxonomies and specialised nomenclatures in German across many periods and fields. The textual data examined will be of relevance to cultural historians in fields as far apart as philosophy, religious symbolism, medicine, mineralogy, optics, fine art, fashion, and dyeing technology.Pa
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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pt. 1. Colour linguistics from a German perspective -- pt. 2. Cultural aspects of colour naming and inventorisation in German -- 3. Linguistic aspects of German colour lexis.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 90-272-4610-6
Language:
English
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