The Internal Structure of Basic and Non-Basic Color Categories
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2859533 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carolyn B Mervis, Carolyn Β Mervis (0000-0003-4206-6115), Emilie M Roth (0000-0002-2943-887X) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 384 |
| Publication date | 1981-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0097-8507 • E-ISSN: 1535-0665 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/413696 |
| OpenAlex | W2106765792 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 12 |
Kay & McDaniel 1978 have recently proposed a new method of distinguishing between basic and non-basic color terms, based on fuzzy set theory (Zadeh 1965). In the present paper, we report two empirical studies that test the effectiveness of the fuzzy set method for identifying basic color categories. It is found that the method fails to discriminate between basic and non-basic categories. It is argued on theoretical grounds that the method proposed by Kay & McDaniel cannot distinguish between basic and non-basic colors because its primary premise, that the two types of categories display different characteristic membership functions, is false. Some general conclusions about the structure of categories are offered
Linguistics · Categorization, perception, and language · Color perception and design · Philosophy
Category norms of verbal items in 56 categories A replication and extension of the Connecticut category norms.
Cognitive reference points
Universals in color naming and memory.
Features of similarity.
Family resemblances
Fuzzy sets
Basic color terms
Development of the structure of color categories
Synchronic variability and diachronic change in basic color terms
The Linguistic Significance of the Meanings of Basic Color Terms
Probabilities, Sampling, and Ethnographic Method
Category grading and taxonomic relations
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,16 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 2016 (34) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |