THE SEMANTIC OF COLOURS IN ROMANIAN: A CASE STUDY
Journal Title: Studii şi cercetări filologice - Seria Limbi Străine Aplicate - Year 2014, Vol 13, Issue
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Abstract: The present study, which is based on data collected for the Max Planck Institute in the context of a research program called Evolution of Semantic Systems (EoSS), aims at discussing the issue of colour names in the Romanian language. After illustrating a few of the theories around the issue of colour perception and describing how the data collection took place, some observations have been made based on the collected data. As a result of the investigation, 34 terms have been identified in the Romanian language, used as answers to name the 84 Munsell chips by 20 speakers. Following Berlin & Kay`s implicational hierarchy, it has been observed that for the Romanian language the basic terms naming colours are: white, black, red, green, yellow and blue; also, the article discusses the phenomenon of derivation through which the majority of colour names have been formed in Romanian. The case of GRUE for Romanian, and the case of cărămiziu (tile colour) are also discussed. In addition, there have been noted differences between male and female colour naming. Résumé: Cette étude, qui se base sur des données collectées pour L’Institut Max Planck, dans un projet de recherche appelé Evolution des Systèmes Sémantiques (EoSS), a pour but la nomination des couleurs dans la langue roumaine. Après avoir présenté quelques théories sur la perception des couleurs et après avoir décrit le processus de collecte de données, quelques observations ont pu être faites. Comme résultat de l’investigation, 34 termes ont été identifiés dans la langue roumaine, utilisés par les 20 locuteurs pour décrire les 84 jetons Munsell. En suivant la hiérarchie de Berlin et Kay, nous avons observé que pour le roumain, les termes de base sont les suivants: blanc, noir, rouge, vert et jaune. L’article discute également le processus de dérivation par lequel se sont formés la majorité des termes roumains, en se concentrant sur le cas de GRUE et de cărămiziu. En plus, des différences entre les stratégies de nomination utilisées par les hommes et par les femmes ont été enregistrées pour le cas des couleurs. Mots-clés: EoSS, couleurs de base, catégories diffuses, catégories universelles.
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