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@article{ART001302701},
author={Jeong-Ae Lee},
title={The meaning of color terms in Korean and visual universals},
journal={Korean Semantics},
issn={1226-7198},
year={2008},
volume={27},
pages={151-178}

TY - JOUR
AU - Jeong-Ae Lee
TI - The meaning of color terms in Korean and visual universals
JO - Korean Semantics
PY - 2008
VL - 27
IS - null
PB - The Society Of Korean Semantics
SP - 151
EP - 178
SN - 1226-7198
AB - This paper aims to explain meanings of the color terms in Korean and to provide some evidences for visual universals. Berlin and Kay's study on color has been based on the assumption that there are some conceptual universals of color. Based on NSM(Natural Semantic Metalanguage) theory, this study challenges the Berlin and Kay paradigm. At first, by using semantic atoms and molecules, this paper shows that indigenous visual descriptors can be analyzed without reference to color. Secondly, these visual descriptors are based on identifiable visual prototypes and the universal concept of seeing rather than universals of color. The prototypes conceptualize the most salient and easily recognized objects in natural environments. For example, we perceive the cycle of day and night as being be light and dark, and connect it to colors of white and black. In the same sense, sun, fire and blood are the prototypes of red, while sky, sea and grass are the prototypes of blue and ground is the prototype of yellow. Third, explication of colors in this study also explains color naming practices in Korean, suggesting that colors are not arbitrary symbols but are based on some reasons.
KW - NSM;색의 원형성(prototypes of colors);시각적 보편성(visual universals);의미 원소(semantic atom);의미 분자(semantic molecular)
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Jeong-Ae Lee. (2008). The meaning of color terms in Korean and visual universals. Korean Semantics, 27, 151-178.

Jeong-Ae Lee. 2008, "The meaning of color terms in Korean and visual universals", Korean Semantics, vol.27, pp.151-178.

Jeong-Ae Lee "The meaning of color terms in Korean and visual universals" Korean Semantics 27 pp.151-178 (2008) : 151.

Jeong-Ae Lee. The meaning of color terms in Korean and visual universals. 2008; 27 151-178.

Jeong-Ae Lee. "The meaning of color terms in Korean and visual universals" Korean Semantics 27(2008) : 151-178.

Jeong-Ae Lee. The meaning of color terms in Korean and visual universals. Korean Semantics, 27, 151-178.

Jeong-Ae Lee. The meaning of color terms in Korean and visual universals. Korean Semantics. 2008; 27 151-178.

Jeong-Ae Lee. The meaning of color terms in Korean and visual universals. 2008; 27 151-178.

Jeong-Ae Lee. "The meaning of color terms in Korean and visual universals" Korean Semantics 27(2008) : 151-178.