Kata Kolok color terms and the emergence of lexical signs in rural signing communities

Senses and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 68-76

  de Vos, Connie ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Color; Iconicity; Kata Kolok; Language of perception; Semantic categories; Sign language

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951785901     PISSN: 17458927     EISSN: 17458935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/174589311X12893982233795     Document Type: Article

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