The Use of Colour in Reference Production: A Comparison between Dutch and Greek

Mirjana Sekicki; Jette Viethen; M.B. Goudbeek; E.J. Krahmer

The Use of Colour in Reference Production: A Comparison between Dutch and Greek

Mirjana Sekicki, Jette Viethen, M.B. Goudbeek, E.J. Krahmer

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Abstract

The important role of referring expressions in human
communication has inspired much research in the fields of
computational linguistics and psycholinguistics. Building on
the research done by Viethen, Goudbeek and Krahmer
(CogSci, 2012) the present study takes a cross-linguistic
perspective on examining the use of the colour attribute in
distinguishing a target referent. It aims at answering the
following research question: Does the availability of adequate
basic colour terms in a language affect the use of colour in
reference production? We conducted a language production
experiment with native speakers of Dutch and Greek. Our
results confirm that the use of the colour attribute in reference
production depends on the colour term resources of a
particular language. In addition, we have recorded a large
cross-linguistic difference in the proportion of the colour use,
which we relate to the particular colour nuances used.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (2014)
Publisher	Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society
Pages	1407-1412
Number of pages	6
Publication status	Published - Jul 2014
Event	CogSci 2014 - Québec City, Canada Duration: 23 Jul 2014 → 26 Jul 2014

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Conference	CogSci 2014
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Québec City
Period	23/07/14 → 26/07/14

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The Use of Colour in Reference Production: A Comparison between Dutch and Greek. / Sekicki, Mirjana; Viethen, Jette; Goudbeek, M.B. et al.
Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (2014). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society, 2014. p. 1407-1412 247.

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