Semantic and Cultural Guides in Defining a Chromatical Term: Blue Cover Image

Repere semantice si culturale în definirea unui termen cromatic: albastru
Semantic and Cultural Guides in Defining a Chromatical Term: Blue

Author(s): Cristina Radu-Golea
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara
Keywords: Semantics

Summary/Abstract: Out of the numerous terms Latin used for designating the „blue” colour, Romanian inherited albastru, from lat. *ALBASTER, derived from ALBUS. The term is polysemantic, and the names of the hues of blue, derived from names of plants (vioriu, liliachiu, toporăsiu, havaiu), is well-represented in Romanian.

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: 46
  • Page Range: 202-210
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Romanian