Speaking of Colors and Odors

by Martina Pluemacher

How to speak of colors and odors? In many cases, we have to think about an adequate description of a perceived odor or shade of color. Words are not fluently available.The contributions discuss color and odor perception and its linguistic representation from different disciplinary angles: from neurobiology, neuropsychology, psycholinguistics, cognitive linguistics and philosophy. They show that linguistic representation of colors and odors depends...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9027238952
• ISBN13: 9789027238955
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Length: 244 Pages