CATEGORIZING COLOUR: THE UNIVERSAL AND THE UNIQUE

CATEGORIZING COLOUR: THE UNIVERSAL AND THE UNIQUE

Author:  Bitokova S.Kh.

Affiliation:  Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after H.M. Berbekov

Abstract:  The article highlights the issues of color perception and color nomination. The first is regarded as a universal component of color category due to the Embodiment theory, while the second is considered to be its specific constituent. This feature is manifested in a special choice of best examples used for color nomination in the language.

Keywords:  embodiment theory, categorization, category, color perception, color nomination, the best example

References: 

Лакофф Дж. Лингвистические гештальты // Новое в зарубежной лингвистике. Лингвистическая семантика. М.: Прогресс, 1981. Вып. X. С. 350-368.
Lakoff G., Johnson M. Philosophy in the Flesh: The Embodied Mind and its Challenge to Western Thought. New-York: Basic Books, 1999.

Pages:  198-200