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Kay, Paul; McDaniel, Chad K. – 1975
Since Berlin and Kay's proposal in 1969 of two universals concerning the meanings of basic color words, three kinds of information have become available to help in understanding the encoding sequence, that is, the temporal order in which the basic color categories are accorded lexical status. McDaniel (1972, 1974, forthcoming) demonstrates that…
Descriptors: Anthropological Linguistics, Anthropology, Classification, Color
Davis, Stuart – 1986
A comparison of the application of two current theories of stress to a particular stress pattern found in the Salish language Sooke is presented. Hammond's (1986) grid-like tree structure representation of stress is compared with Halle and Vergnaud's (1986) tree-like grid structure. Examples in the Australian language Maranungku show that, in…
Descriptors: Classification, Comparative Analysis, Componential Analysis, Linguistic Theory