[lit-ideas] Re: Welsh "Glas" (Was: The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
- From: "John McCreery" <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:06:11 +0900
On 10/16/07, Judith Evans <judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Gwyrdd=green, glas=blue, but Welsh is a 'grue' language.
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Another example: In Japanese "aoi" covers the same range that JL attributes
to "glas" (blueish-green, greenish-blue). "Lan" is a dark, indigo blue.
"Midori" a lighter, purer green.
John
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