IS HET ZO ZWART-WIT? KLEURENPERCEPTIES OP BASIS VAN LEXICALE VERGELIJKINGEN MET ZWART, WIT EN ROOD IN HET NEDERLANDS, FRANS EN POOLS
IS IT SO BLACK AND WHITE? COLOUR PERCEPTIONS BASED ON LEXICAL COMPARISONS WITH BLACK, WHITE AND RED IN DUTCH, FRENCH AND POLISH

Summary/Abstract: Every country and culture associates colors with different elements (prototypes, cogni-tive reference points). Prototypes are words that define a particular color, such as sky – blue,grass – green, blood – red. These categories may diverge when looking at different languages.Vocabulary and idioms related to colors are an interesting topic of analysis for comparative stud-ies, as they reveal both linguistic and cultural differences. The purpose of this analysis is to col-lect lexical definitions of colors (white, black, and red) and lexical comparisons involving colorsin Dutch, French, and Polish to determine the extent to which they are perceived similarly.

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