Christian Kay

List of John Benjamins publications for which Christian Kay plays a role.

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
Subjects English linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Historical linguistics | Lexicography | Morphology | Phonology | Semantics | Syntax
Subjects English linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Historical linguistics | Morphology | Syntax
Subjects English linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Historical linguistics | Lexicography | Phonology | Semantics

Categorization in the History of English

Edited by Christian Kay and Jeremy J. Smith

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 261] 2004. viii, 268 pp.
Subjects Cognition and language | English linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Historical linguistics | Syntax
Subjects English linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Historical linguistics | Lexicography | Semantics
This article uses data from Mapping metaphor with the Historical thesaurus to describe conceptual connections between the supernatural and other areas of the lexicon across the history of English. By discussing the cases of angels and evil in some detail, we also argue that the data and worldview… read more
Alexander, Marc and Christian Kay 2014 The spread of RED in the Historical Thesaurus of EnglishColour Studies: A broad spectrum, Anderson, Wendy, Carole P. Biggam, Carole Hough and Christian Kay (eds.), pp. 126–139 | Article
The basic colour category red and its exponents occupies an important place in the development of colour vocabulary, whether in the evolution of colour perception, infant language learning, or the history of particular languages. This chapter focuses on the development of the red category in… read more
Kay, Christian 2014 English Lexicographers and their AchievementsHistoriographia Linguistica 41:2/3, pp. 355–368 | Review article
Kay, Christian and Catherine Mulvenna 2006 Synaesthesia, neurology and languageProgress in Colour Studies: Volume II. Psychological aspects, Pitchford, Nicola and Carole P. Biggam (eds.), pp. 203–224 | Article
Kay, Christian 2004 When ignorance is wisdom: some day-to-day problems of classificationCategorization in the History of English, Kay, Christian and Jeremy J. Smith (eds.), pp. 59–70 | Article
Kay, Christian and Irené Wotherspoon 2002 Wreak, wrack, rack, and (w)ruin: The history of some confused spellingsSounds, Words, Texts and Change: Selected papers from 11 ICEHL, Santiago de Compostela, 7–11 September 2000, Fanego, Teresa, Belén Méndez-Naya and Elena Seoane (eds.), pp. 129–143 | Article
Kay, Christian and Thomas J. Chase 1990 Semantic approaches to an historical thesaurusMeaning and Lexicography, Tomaszczyk, Jerzy and Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk (eds.), pp. 303–314 | Article