Carole P. Biggam
Carole P. Biggam
List of John Benjamins publications for which Carole P. Biggam plays a role.
Titles
Colour Studies: A broad spectrum
Edited by Wendy Anderson, Carole P. Biggam, Carole Hough and Christian Kay
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
Subjects Anthropological Linguistics | Cognition and language | Historical linguistics
Subjects Historical linguistics | Lexicography | Semantics | Theoretical linguistics
Subjects Cognition and language | Cognitive psychology
Subjects Anthropological Linguistics | Historical linguistics | Lexicography | Semantics | Theoretical linguistics
Articles
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 | Chapter
Biggam, Carole P. 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
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 | 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 | Article