Variations in color naming within and across populations

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences 28 (4):512-513 (2005)
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The simulations of Steels & Belpaeme (S&B) suggest that communication could lead to color categories that are closely shared within a language and potentially diverge across languages. We argue that this is opposite of the patterns that are actually observed in empirical studies of color naming. Focal color choices more often exhibit strong concordance across languages while also showing pronounced variability within any language.

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The symbol grounding problem has been solved. So what's next?Luc Steels - 2008 - In Manuel de Vega, Arthur Glenberg & Arthur Graesser, Symbols and embodiment: debates on meaning and cognition. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 223--244.
Colour Categorization and Categorical Perception.Robert Briscoe - 2017 - In Derek Brown & Fiona Macpherson, Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Colour. New York: Routledge. pp. 456-474.

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Basic Color Terms: Their Universality and Evolution.Brent Berlin & Paul Kay - 1999 - Center for the Study of Language and Information.

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