Language, thought, and color: Whorf was half right Export

@article{Regier_2009_language, abstract = {The Whorf hypothesis holds that we view the world filtered through the semantic categories of our native language. Over the years, consensus has oscillated between embrace and dismissal of this hypothesis. Here, we review recent findings on the naming and perception of color, and argue that in this semantic domain the Whorf hypothesis is half right, in two different ways: (1) language influences color perception primarily in half the visual field, and (2) color naming across languages is shaped by both universal and language-specific forces. To the extent that these findings generalize to other semantic domains they suggest a possible resolution of the debate over the Whorf hypothesis.}, author = {Regier, Terry and Kay, Paul}, citeulike-article-id = {5666683}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2009.07.001}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1364661309001454}, day = {27}, doi = {10.1016/j.tics.2009.07.001}, issn = {13646613}, journal = {Trends in Cognitive Sciences}, keywords = {cognition, color, language}, month = {August}, number = {10}, pages = {439--446}, posted-at = {2009-09-23 11:27:34}, priority = {2}, title = {Language, thought, and color: Whorf was half right}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2009.07.001}, volume = {13}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - Regier_2009_language L3 - citeulike-article-id:5666683 N2 - The Whorf hypothesis holds that we view the world filtered through the semantic categories of our native language. Over the years, consensus has oscillated between embrace and dismissal of this hypothesis. Here, we review recent findings on the naming and perception of color, and argue that in this semantic domain the Whorf hypothesis is half right, in two different ways: (1) language influences color perception primarily in half the visual field, and (2) color naming across languages is shaped by both universal and language-specific forces. To the extent that these findings generalize to other semantic domains they suggest a possible resolution of the debate over the Whorf hypothesis. IS - 10 JF - Trends in Cognitive Sciences SN - 13646613 EP - 446 TI - Language, thought, and color: Whorf was half right VL - 13 SP - 439 KW - cognition KW - color KW - language AU - Regier, Terry AU - Kay, Paul PY - 2009/August/27/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2009.07.001 ER -