Colour concepts from a linguistic and literary perspective Kimberley Pager-McClymont, Suzanne McClure, Amélie Doche

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pager-McClymont, Kimberley, author.

McClure, Suzanne, author.

Doche, Amélie, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in cognitive linguistics

Cambridge elements. Elements in cognitive linguistics 2633-3325

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Color--Psychological aspects.

Color.

Cognitive grammar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

Color concepts from a linguistic and literary perspective

Place of Publication:

Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2026

Summary:

"This Element adopts a holistic approach to the processing of colours in language and literature, weaving together insights from cognitive linguistics, psychology, and literary studies. Through diverse case studies, it underpins the symbolic power of colours in evoking characters' emotional states, moral traits, and cultural perceptions (Section 2). Section 3 explores how colour metaphors such as discomfort is brown influence readers' cognitive and emotional responses, drawing on psychology research on colour-emotion association. Section 4 examines how the lexeme colourless functions as its own oxymoron and is used figuratively through the metaphor anatomy is mind in Modernist literature. Each section draws on cognitive linguistic tools, showcasing how colours shape not just visual but emotional engagement with texts. By connecting cognitive science, psychology, and literary analysis, this Element offers an interdisciplinary perspective, demonstrating that colours act as stimuli shaping perception, language, and cultural meaning, enriching the literary experience across contexts and cultures"-- Cambridge Core

Contents:

Colour concepts : From verbal to cognitive processes

Colour concepts, metaphor, and psychology

Absence of colour concepts : Colourlessness in literary prose

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed January 16, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version Pager-­McClymont, Kimberley Colour concepts from a linguistic and literary perspective

ISBN:

9781009511377

1009511378

OCLC:

1564440807

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