Progress in Colour Studies: Cognition, language and beyond
Edited by Lindsay W. MacDonald, Carole P. Biggam and Galina V. Paramei
[Not in series, 217] 2018. xx, 470 pp.
Carole P. Biggam
List of John Benjamins publications for which Carole P. Biggam plays a role.
Subjects Anthropological Linguistics | Cognition and language | Cognitive psychology | General studies in art & art history
Colour Studies: A broad spectrum
Edited by Wendy Anderson, Carole P. Biggam, Carole Hough and Christian Kay
[Not in series, 191] 2014. xiv, 417 pp.
Subjects Anthropological Linguistics | Cognition and language | Historical linguistics
New Directions in Colour Studies
Edited by Carole P. Biggam, Carole Hough, Christian Kay and David R. Simmons
[Not in series, 167] 2011. xii, 462 pp.
Subjects Anthropological Linguistics | Cognition and language | Historical linguistics
Progress in Colour Studies: Volume I. Language and culture
Edited by Carole P. Biggam and Christian Kay
[Not in series, PICS 1] 2006. xii, 223 pp.
Subjects Anthropological Linguistics | Historical linguistics | Lexicography | Semantics | Theoretical linguistics
Progress in Colour Studies: Volume I. Language and culture & Volume II. Psychological aspects (set)
Edited by Carole P. Biggam, Christian Kay and Nicola Pitchford
[Not in series, PICS S] 2006. xii, 223 pp. & xiv, 237 pp.
Subjects Historical linguistics | Lexicography | Semantics | Theoretical linguistics
Progress in Colour Studies: Volume II. Psychological aspects
Edited by Nicola Pitchford and Carole P. Biggam
[Not in series, PICS 2] 2006. xiv, 237 pp.
Subjects Cognition and language | Cognitive psychology
2018 Chapter 9. Is it all guesswork? Translating colour terms across the centuries Progress in Colour Studies: Cognition, language and beyond, MacDonald, Lindsay W., Carole P. Biggam and Galina V. Paramei (eds.), pp. 167–178 | Chapter
Addressed to non-semanticists, this article discusses the means by which colour semanticists strive to pursue their research with as much objectivity as possible. Three functions of colour terms are presented: descriptive, classificatory and connotative, showing that colour expressions operate… read more
2014 Prehistoric colour semantics: A contradiction in terms Colour Studies: A broad spectrum, Anderson, Wendy, Carole P. Biggam, Carole Hough and Christian Kay (eds.), pp. 3–28 | Article
Although prehistory is, by definition, a time before written records, or from which no written records survive, and is also, of course, a time for which no native speakers are available, it is the contention of this chapter that a certain amount of information can, nevertheless, be gleaned about… read more
2007 The ambiguity of brightness (with special reference to Old English) and a new model for colour description in semantics Anthropology of Color: Interdisciplinary multilevel modeling, MacLaury, Robert E., Galina V. Paramei and Don Dedrick (eds.), pp. 171–187 | Article
The paper addresses problems of ambiguity in the use of the English words bright andbrightness in certain publications on color semantics. The Old English language (records date from the late fifth century to c.1150 A.D.) is taken as a case study. After establishing which visual sensations could be… read more
2006 Political upheaval and a disturbance in the colour vocabulary of Early English Progress in Colour Studies: Volume I. Language and culture, Biggam, Carole P. and Christian Kay (eds.), pp. 159–179 | Article
2004 Prototypes and foci in the encoding of colour Categorization in the History of English, Kay, Christian and Jeremy J. Smith (eds.), pp. 19–40 | Article
2000 Grund to Hrof: Aspects of the Old English Semantics of Building and Architecture Lexicology, Semantics and Lexicography: Selected papers from the Fourth G. L. Brook Symposium, Manchester, August 1998, Coleman, Julie and Christian Kay (eds.), pp. 103–126 | Article