Berlin-Kay theory

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gptkbp:instanceOf linguistic theory
gptkbp:basedOn cross-linguistic color term research
gptkbp:criticizedFor Eurocentrism
ignoring cultural variation
gptkbp:describes evolution of basic color terms in languages
gptkbp:field anthropological linguistics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Berlin-Kay theory
gptkbp:influenced cognitive linguistics
gptkbp:numberOfStages seven
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:Paul_Kay
gptkb:Brent_Berlin
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Basic_Color_Terms:_Their_Universality_and_Evolution
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Sapir-Whorf_hypothesis
gptkbp:requires languages develop color terms in a universal sequence
gptkbp:stage2 red
gptkbp:stage3 green or yellow
gptkbp:stage4 yellow or green
gptkbp:stage5 blue
gptkbp:stage6 brown
gptkbp:stage7 gptkb:orange
grey
purple
pink
gptkbp:stageName black and white
gptkbp:yearProposed 1969
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Basic_Color_Terms:_Their_Universality_and_Evolution
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7