Conference
An exploration of colour terms in English-lexifier Atlantic creoles
Abstract
Aspects of the semantics of colour terms in English-lexifier Atlantic creoles have been observed by creolists, and have generally been attributed to West African substrate influence. This paper explores, through lexicographic evidence, the basic colour term inventories displayed by English-lexifier Caribbean varieties, and one West African variety, from the perspective of research on the universals of colour terms initiated by Berlin and Kay. …
Authors
Moro AL
Volume
117
Pagination
pp. 1448-1461
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
August 2007
DOI
10.1016/j.lingua.2006.09.001
Conference proceedings
Lingua
Issue
8
ISSN
0024-3841