Sex and language proficiency level in color‐naming performance

An ESL/EFL perspective

Bibliographic Data

ID12115017
AuthorsYonglin Yang (Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, corresponding author)
Year2001
Volume11
Issue2
Pages238-256
Publication date2001-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0802-6106 • E-ISSN: 1473-4192
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1473-4192.00016
OpenAlexW2125425501
LanguageEN
Citations received5

This study investigates sex and language proficiency differences in the color‐naming performance of Chinese‐speaking English learners at the university level. Data were obtained on color terms used by 40 females and 40 males in naming 40 color stimuli. An interest‐related variable, have demographic factors, and seven language proficiency indices were introduced as coefficients in this study. The results confirm the findings discovered in relevant studies: (1)women possessed a larger color vocabulary than men, (2)their color repertoire also displayed a wider aesthetic range, and (3)they were more accurate in color naming and left fewer colors unidentified. A significant correlation was found between learners’ color‐coding performance and some of their exam scores. Color‐related interests and demographic factors also correlated with subjects’ color‐coding ability. Women’s superiority in color‐naming ability is discussed in relation to physiological and cognitive research on color perception

Art · Coding (social sciences · Cognitive psychology · Color term · Correlation · Developmental psychology · Linguistics · Perception · Perspective (graphical · Repertoire · Statistics · Vocabulary · Categorization, perception, and language · Color perception and design · Computer Science · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Mathematics · Psychology · Artificial Intelligence

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