Singing the Russian blues: An argument for culturally basic color terms

Cross-Cultural Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 10-38

  Paramei, Galina V ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Color categories; Cultural influences; Focals; Russian color terms

Indexed keywords

EID: 12944258957     PISSN: 10693971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069397104267888     Document Type: Review

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