Carole P. Biggam

List of John Benjamins publications for which Carole P. Biggam plays a role.

Titles

Progress in Colour Studies: Cognition, language and beyond

Edited by Lindsay W. MacDonald, Carole P. Biggam and Galina V. Paramei

[Not in series, 217] 2018. xx, 470 pp.
Subjects Anthropological Linguistics | Cognition and language | Cognitive psychology | General studies in art & art history

Colour Studies: A broad spectrum

Edited by Wendy Anderson, Carole P. Biggam, Carole Hough and Christian Kay

[Not in series, 191] 2014. xiv, 417 pp.
Subjects Anthropological Linguistics | Cognition and language | Historical linguistics

New Directions in Colour Studies

Edited by Carole P. Biggam, Carole Hough, Christian Kay and David R. Simmons

[Not in series, 167] 2011. xii, 462 pp.
Subjects Anthropological Linguistics | Cognition and language | Historical linguistics

Progress in Colour Studies: Volume I. Language and culture

Edited by Carole P. Biggam and Christian Kay

[Not in series, PICS 1] 2006. xii, 223 pp.
Subjects Anthropological Linguistics | Historical linguistics | Lexicography | Semantics | Theoretical linguistics

Progress in Colour Studies: Volume I. Language and culture & Volume II. Psychological aspects (set)

Edited by Carole P. Biggam, Christian Kay and Nicola Pitchford

[Not in series, PICS S] 2006. xii, 223 pp. & xiv, 237 pp.
Subjects Historical linguistics | Lexicography | Semantics | Theoretical linguistics

Progress in Colour Studies: Volume II. Psychological aspects

Edited by Nicola Pitchford and Carole P. Biggam

[Not in series, PICS 2] 2006. xiv, 237 pp.
Subjects Cognition and language | Cognitive psychology

Articles

Biggam, Carole P. 2018 Chapter 9. Is it all guesswork? Translating colour terms across the centuriesProgress in Colour Studies: Cognition, language and beyond, MacDonald, Lindsay W., Carole P. Biggam and Galina V. Paramei (eds.), pp. 167–178 | Chapter
Addressed to non-semanticists, this article discusses the means by which colour semanticists strive to pursue their research with as much objectivity as possible. Three functions of colour terms are presented: descriptive, classificatory and connotative, showing that colour expressions operate… read more
Biggam, Carole P. 2014 Prehistoric colour semantics: A contradiction in termsColour Studies: A broad spectrum, Anderson, Wendy, Carole P. Biggam, Carole Hough and Christian Kay (eds.), pp. 3–28 | Article
Although prehistory is, by definition, a time before written records, or from which no written records survive, and is also, of course, a time for which no native speakers are available, it is the contention of this chapter that a certain amount of information can, nevertheless, be gleaned about… read more
The paper addresses problems of ambiguity in the use of the English words bright andbrightness in certain publications on color semantics. The Old English language (records date from the late fifth century to c.1150 A.D.) is taken as a case study. After establishing which visual sensations could be… read more
Biggam, Carole P. 2006 Political upheaval and a disturbance in the colour vocabulary of Early EnglishProgress in Colour Studies: Volume I. Language and culture, Biggam, Carole P. and Christian Kay (eds.), pp. 159–179 | Article
Biggam, Carole P. 2004 Prototypes and foci in the encoding of colourCategorization in the History of English, Kay, Christian and Jeremy J. Smith (eds.), pp. 19 ff. | Article