The connotations of English colour terms: Colour-based X-phemisms

This paper investigates the connotations of English colour terms with particular attention to figurative uses of black, white, grey, brown, yellow, red, green, blue and a few miscellaneous colours. The connotations are judged on the basis of whether…

This paper investigates the connotations of English colour terms with particular attention to figurative uses of black, white, grey, brown, yellow, red, green, blue and a few miscellaneous colours. The connotations are judged on the basis of whether…

Aspects of the semantics of colour terms in English-lexifier Atlantic creoles have been observed by creolists, and have generally been attributed to West African substrate influence. This paper explores, through lexicographic evidence, the basic…

Examined whether the self-serving euphemisms, labeled "doublespeak," have different connotative meanings than noneuphemistic expressions. 77 college students rated 16 terms or their euphemistic expressions, on 3-item, 7-step scales, each purported…

Native British English speakers uttered the name Sarah to simulate 10 emotional connotations: naming, sad, pleading, admiring, content, commanding, astonished, scornful, angry, and frightened. In an identification task, British English listeners…

Analyzed data from a comprehensive diary study of early lexical development to document the acquisition of color terms and the acquisition of color-based subordinate object categories by a child (son of the 1st and 3rd authors) who learned all 11…

J. William's (see pa, vol. 39:4760) 1963 study demonstrated that 10 common color names possessed highly similar connotations among caucasian and negro college students, with white viewed as "good," "weak," and "active," and black viewed as…

Green procurement for forest product was a new topic in the field of global forest protection, implemented in some developed countries. The definition of green procurement for forest product and the connotations of legality and sustainability were…

A method of detecting and tracking objects using colour is presented. We track objects using a simple colour histogram based technique, which is fast and more robust to occlusion and camera motion than simple “blob” based techniques

We report a field study of the colour terms of the Bantu language Ndebele. The main purposes of the study were to describe the Ndebele colour term inventory, and to determine which colour terms were basic in order to test Berlin & Kay's theory of…