Science [ne] imperialism: There are nontrivial constraints on color naming

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences 20 (2):196-201 (1997)
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Saunders & van Brakel's claim that Berlin and Kay (1969) assumed a language/vision correlation in the area of color categorization and disguised this assumption as a finding is shown to be false. The methodology of the World Color Survey, now nearing completion, is discussed and the possibility of an additional language/vision correlation in color categorization is suggested

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