German Colour Terms : a study in their historical evolution from earliest times to the present.

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 popul...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jones, William Jervis
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2013.
Series:Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Studies in the history of the language sciences ; v. 119.
Subjects:
Color > Terminology.
Colors, Words for.
German language > History.
German language > Adjective.
Color words.
Couleurs > Dénominations.
Allemand (Langue) > Histoire.
Allemand (Langue) > Adjectif.
Color
Colors, Words for
German language
German language > Adjective
History
Terminology
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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