Color naming in Africa - LLACAN - Langage, Langues et Cultures d’Afrique Noire (UMR 8135) Accéder directement au contenu
Chapitre D'ouvrage Année : 2019

Color naming in Africa

Martine Vanhove

Résumé

This chapter is the first large-scale typological survey of the lexical means used in African languages to express color-related meanings. It is based on a very large sample, with data from 350 languages, most of which come from the RefLex online lexical database. It focuses on semantic and morphosyntactic strategies as well as contact induced strategies used for color naming. After a discussion of the issues raised by “basic” color terms, and “polychromatic” color terms, the chapter provides a review of the semantic sources of color terms, the origin of borrowings, colexifications and metaphorical uses of NPs, main patterns of lexicalization, and, briefly, ideophones.

Domaines

Linguistique
Fichier principal
Vignette du fichier
SegererVanhove_2019-Color_Naming_in_Africa.pdf (543.19 Ko) Télécharger le fichier
Origine : Fichiers produits par l'(les) auteur(s)

Dates et versions

halshs-01961288 , version 1 (01-09-2022)

Identifiants

Citer

Guillaume Segerer, Martine Vanhove. Color naming in Africa. Raffaelli, Ida; Katunar, Daniela; Kerovec, Barbara. Lexicalization patterns in colour naming: a cross-linguistic perspective, 78, John Benjamins Publishing Company, pp.287-330, 2019, Studies in functional and Structural Linguistics, 9789027204035. ⟨10.1075/sfsl.78.13seg⟩. ⟨halshs-01961288⟩
136 Consultations
415 Téléchargements

Altmetric

Partager

Gmail Facebook X LinkedIn More