The synchronic behavior of basic color terms in Tswana and its diachronic implications

The synchronic distributional pattern of potential basic color terms in one dialect of Tswana is examined in a wide range of construction types. From this pattern the non-basic status of the term lephutsi emerges, as well as a constraint requiring the exclusion of animals from the semantic extension...

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Autor principal:	Ronald P. Schaefer
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Publicado:	LibraryPress@UF 1983
Materias:	Tswana color terms semantics Sotho Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:1d00ae835e064ea3a7c76071a34f33e62021-11-19T03:55:42ZThe synchronic behavior of basic color terms in Tswana and its diachronic implications10.32473/sal.v14i2.1075290039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/1d00ae835e064ea3a7c76071a34f33e61983-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107529https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XThe synchronic distributional pattern of potential basic color terms in one dialect of Tswana is examined in a wide range of construction types. From this pattern the non-basic status of the term lephutsi emerges, as well as a constraint requiring the exclusion of animals from the semantic extension of basic terms designating hue. Accepting lephutsi as non-basic, however, leaves a pattern of semantic reference violating a widely assumed universal constraint governing historical stages in the evolution of color names. To resolve this dilemma, a comparative analysis of color term reference in the Sotho languages is undertaken. Based on this analysis, the semantic reference for one basic color term in Tswana is hypothesized to have undergone a historical change, whereby the universal constraints on color naming give way to the constraint governing basic terms for hue.Ronald P. SchaeferLibraryPress@UFarticleTswanacolor termssemanticsSothoPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 14, Iss 2 (1983)
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spellingShingle	Tswana color terms semantics Sotho Philology. Linguistics P1-1091 Ronald P. Schaefer The synchronic behavior of basic color terms in Tswana and its diachronic implications
description	The synchronic distributional pattern of potential basic color terms in one dialect of Tswana is examined in a wide range of construction types. From this pattern the non-basic status of the term lephutsi emerges, as well as a constraint requiring the exclusion of animals from the semantic extension of basic terms designating hue. Accepting lephutsi as non-basic, however, leaves a pattern of semantic reference violating a widely assumed universal constraint governing historical stages in the evolution of color names. To resolve this dilemma, a comparative analysis of color term reference in the Sotho languages is undertaken. Based on this analysis, the semantic reference for one basic color term in Tswana is hypothesized to have undergone a historical change, whereby the universal constraints on color naming give way to the constraint governing basic terms for hue.
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title	The synchronic behavior of basic color terms in Tswana and its diachronic implications
title_short	The synchronic behavior of basic color terms in Tswana and its diachronic implications
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The synchronic behavior of basic color terms in Tswana and its diachronic implications

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