ISSN 1671-3710
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主办:中国科学院心理研究所
出版:科学出版社

›› 2005, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (1): 10-16.

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Relationship between Color Terms and Color Cognition

Liu Haoming,Zhang Jijia,Liu Lihong   

  1. Department of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631
  • Received:2004-06-10 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2005-01-15 Published:2005-01-15
  • Contact: Zhang jijia

Abstract: As a special kind, the research on the color term leads to a clearer understanding of the relationship between language and cognition. This article presented a summary of recent research on the nature of color terms and color categories, specially introduced two different theories: color naming universality and linguistic relativity hypothesis. Finally, the future trends and approaches in this field are predicted and new research approaches are provided, including research on association meaning of color terms, color terms and nationality, processing on multiple color terms, synaesthesia, concept structure of color terms.

Key words: color terms, color cognition, relation.

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