Color term salience
American Anthropologist • Vol/Iss. 74 • Published In • Pages: 1107-1121 •
By Hays, David G., Margolis, Enid, Naroll, Raoul, Perkins, Revere Dale
Hypothesis
"Ethnographers use the early terms in the Berlin-Kay list in almost every societal description that deals with color; they tend to use later terms in fewer descriptions, and only in desciptions that also use some of the early terms" (1118)
| Test Name | Support | Significance | Coefficient | Tail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spearman’s rank-order correlation | Supported | p<.01 | .94 | UNKNOWN |
| Variable Name | Variable Type | OCM Term(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Color Terms | UNKNOWN | Ethnophysics |
| Number Of Color Terms Mentioned | UNKNOWN | Ethnophysics |