The Debate about Colour Naming in 19th Century German Philology : Selected Translations / Barbara Saunders, editor ; Ida-Theresia Marth, translator.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Saunders, Barbara.

Series:

Studia anthropologica.

Studia Anthropologica

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

German philology--History--19th century.

German philology.

Colors, Words for.

Color--Terminology.

Color.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leuven : Leuven University Press, [2007]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Debate about Colour Naming in 19th Century Germon Philology is comprised of eleven years essays illustrating the intensity of interest in colour naming and categorization that arose in nineteenth century Germany. The themes of each chapter behind the ''testing'' of the colour-naming capacities of ''primitive people'' throughout the world, and which move towards new variants of the doctrine of ''evolution''.This Selection of work directs itself towards the growing field of Psychology and the shifting ground on which move towards it was tot form the later debates ''colour naming and categori

Contents:

The Debate about Colour Naming in 19th Century German Philology; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Formalising the Denial of Coevalness; From the Nineteenth to the Twentieth Centuries; The Significance of Nineteenth Century German Literature; Does the Evolution of Colour Vision and the Evolution of Colour Naming Amount to the Same Thing?; Conclusion; Notes; 1. The Development of Colour Perception; 2. In Defence of My Rejected Critique; 3. Observations on Primitive Peoples' Colour Perception; Notes; 4. Nubians (from Northeastern Africa)

5. Nubians. Observations on their Awareness of Colour as well as their Nomenclature6. Supplementary Pages to Sahara and Sudan; 7. The Eyes of 9 Lapps, 3 Patagonians and 1 Negro; Notes; 8. The Evolution of the Human Eye's Ability to Perceive Different Colour Tones; Part 2 The Development of Colour Vision in Human Eyes; Notes; 9. Colour Terms for 'Blue' and 'Green' in Early Chinese History; 1. Hiuân; 2. Thsang; 3. Thsing; 4. Lu; 5. Lân; 6. Colour Groupings; I. Hiuân (ngun); II. Thsâng (thong); III. Thsíng (thsâng); IV. Lú (lok); V. Lân (lam); Notes

10. A Research Study of Primitive Peoples' Awareness and Perception of ColourObjectives and Results of Investigation; General Observations on Primitive Peoples' Colour Awareness; The Concept of Colour amongst Primitive Peoples; The Correlation between Awareness of Colour and Lifestyle, seen in close Relationship to their External Living Conditions; The Long-Wave Colours: 'Red,' 'Orange' and 'Yellow'; The Short-Wave Colours: 'Green,' 'Blue' and 'Violet.'; Collation of our Results together with a Critical Evaluation of the Same

Observations on the Present State of the Current Theory which Expounds the Gradual Evolution of Colour AwarenessNotes; 11. A Study into the Colour-Sense of the Chukchi People; Notes; References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-199).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

94-6166-121-5

OCLC:

680509429