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Réka Benczes
Colour terms on the border of language and culture

THESIS TOPIC PROPOSAL

Institute: Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
linguistics
Doctoral School of Linguistics

Thesis supervisor: Réka Benczes
Location of studies (in Hungarian): ELTE BTK
Abbreviation of location of studies: ELTE


Description of the research topic:

Ever since Berlin and Kay’s seminal study it has been widely known that colour terms exhibit a number of universal properties. However, we have much less information on 1) the motivation for the meanings of the colour terms themselves, and 2) how these meanings interact with a given culture.

Recommended language skills (in Hungarian): English

Deadline for application: 2015-04-17


2024. IV. 17.
ODT ülés
Az ODT következő ülésére 2024. június 14-én, pénteken 10.00 órakor kerül sor a Semmelweis Egyetem Szenátusi termében (Bp. Üllői út 26. I. emelet).

 
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