Revisiting Basic Color Terms

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 81-99

  Saunders, Barbara ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Institute of Philosophy   (Belgium)

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EID: 0040428076     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9655.00005     Document Type: Article

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