Multilingual Color Dictionary: Contextual Implications in Using Color Vocabulary

This work aims to discuss the universe of colors in relation to the singularities of each chromatic field. Since the use of color universe in language depends on the culture it represents, color phrases illustrate human beings' reality perception.  The multilingual dictionary, whose aim is to c...

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Autores principales: Zavaglia , Claudia, Martins, Sabrina de Cássia
Formato: Artículo revista
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Facultad de Lenguas 2021
Materias:
Lexicography
Colour phrases
Multilingual dictionary
Colours
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/ReDILLeT/article/view/36401
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Revista Digital Internacional de Lexicología, Lexicografía y Terminología de Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
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Colour phrases
Multilingual dictionary
Colours
spellingShingle Lexicography
Colour phrases
Multilingual dictionary
Colours
Zavaglia , Claudia
Martins, Sabrina de Cássia
Multilingual Color Dictionary: Contextual Implications in Using Color Vocabulary
topic_facet Lexicography
Colour phrases
Multilingual dictionary
Colours
author Zavaglia , Claudia
Martins, Sabrina de Cássia
author_facet Zavaglia , Claudia
Martins, Sabrina de Cássia
author_sort Zavaglia , Claudia
title Multilingual Color Dictionary: Contextual Implications in Using Color Vocabulary
title_short Multilingual Color Dictionary: Contextual Implications in Using Color Vocabulary
title_full Multilingual Color Dictionary: Contextual Implications in Using Color Vocabulary
title_fullStr Multilingual Color Dictionary: Contextual Implications in Using Color Vocabulary
title_full_unstemmed Multilingual Color Dictionary: Contextual Implications in Using Color Vocabulary
title_sort multilingual color dictionary: contextual implications in using color vocabulary
description This work aims to discuss the universe of colors in relation to the singularities of each chromatic field. Since the use of color universe in language depends on the culture it represents, color phrases illustrate human beings' reality perception.  The multilingual dictionary, whose aim is to create colour entries in Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, French and English has been developed at the São Paulo State University (Unesp) as a multidisciplinary academic project, namely Multilingual Color Dictionary (MDC). In this work, we reflect on how the principle of Linguistic Relativism (Arcaini, 1991; Zavaglia, 1996; Lee, 1996) influences the study of color names; we emphasize the lexicon cultural character and reiterate the role of metaphors in the construction of this vocabulary, as well as we emphasize the necessity of considering word's context of use in communication between cultures. By examining entries in Italian > Portuguese and English, and Portuguese > Italian and English, it is possible to classify color vocabulary occurrences as symmetrical or asymmetrical cases depending on specific cultures' influence.
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