Why GRUE? An interpoint-distance model analysis of composite color categories

Cross-Cultural Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 159-204

  Jameson, Kimberly A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorization; Cognitive universals; Color naming; Composite categories; Cross cultural similarities; GRUE

Indexed keywords

EID: 18144429868     PISSN: 10693971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069397104273766     Document Type: Article

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