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  • Published by American Anthropological Association, Arlington, 1985

    • Softcover
    • First Edition
    • Magazine / Periodical

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    Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 282-297 pages with 1 figure and cited references. Quarto (11" x 8 1/2") bound in original publisher's wrappers. Volume 87 Number 2 complete issue. First edition. The ancient Egyptian language possesses 4 basic color terms; painting uses 7 and later 9 polychrome colors. These sets correspond to Stages Ilia, V, and VII (incomplete) of the Berlin and Kay encoding sequence for language, and support the theory of 11 "basic perceptual color categories." The categories are probably available only through progressive differentiation. The use of color in pictorial representation fits an "active" rather than a "response" model for this expansion. The separation of color use and color terminology has significant cognitive implications. Condition: Edge wear with gently bumped corners else very good.…