Folk-taxonomies in early English
By: Earl R. Anderson.
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; Associated University Presses
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Madison [N.J.]; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 587
Subjects: English language -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- Semantics.; English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Semantics.; English language -- Semantics, Historical.; Natural history -- Terminology.; Biology -- Classification.; Colors, Words for.
Genres: Terminology.; Classification.
Description: "Folk-Taxonomies in Early English is recommended for scholars and students of medieval and Renaissance English literature, for Indo-Europeanists, classicists, historical linguists, and anthropological linguists. Readers who have an interest in the philosophy of universals will be challenged by its analysis of universals as a problem in discourse analysis rather than in ontology or metaphysics."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 507-575) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The study of color terms across languages; title: Reconstruction of color taxonomies in proto-Indo-European and in historical languages; title: Basic color terms in Germanic and Old English; title: Basic color terms in middle and modern English; title: The seasons of the year; title: Geometric shapes; title: The five senses; title: The folk-psychology of mind and soul; title: Plant life-forms; title: Animal life-forms; title: Taxonomies and the problem of universals.