Progress in Colour Studies

Speakers, Co-Authors & Exhibitors


Each conference attendee will receive a copy of the pre-prints of the speakers’ abstracts. Any remaining copies will be available for purchase at £10 + postage and packing. Cheques should be made payable to ‘The University of Glasgow 32699’ and sent to Prof. C. Kay, Dept of English Language, University of Glasgow, 12 University Gardens, Glasgow G12 8QQ. Preprints will not be posted until after the conference.


Abbozzo, Dr Margherita, Giorgio Ronchi Foundation, Florence, Italy, with Ronchi:

Colour Categorization in the Real World (POSTER)

Avila-Chaurand, Ms Rosalío, Ergonomics Research Center, University Center for Art, Architecture and Design, University of Guadalajara, Mexico, with Prado-León and Rosales-Cinco:

Meanings of Colour in the Mexican University Population

Biggam, Dr Carole P., Dept of English Language, University of Glasgow, U.K.

Social and Linguistic Trauma in the Colour Vocabulary of Early English

Bonnardel, Dr Valerie, Division of Psychology, University of Sunderland, U.K., with
Pitchford:

Colour Categorisation in Preschoolers

Casanova, Dr Michèle, Dept of History of Art and Archaeology, University of Rennes 2, France, with Warburton:

Materials, Exchange and Abstraction in the Colour Terminology of Early Antiquity

Catherwood, Dr Di, School of Heath and Social Sciences, University of Gloucestershire, U.K.

The Rivalry between Chromatic and Spatial Features in Infant Response to the Visual Field

Correia, Prof. Margarita, Faculty of Letters, University of Lisbon, and Institute for Theoretical and Computational Linguistics (ILTEC), Lisbon, Portugal

Towards a General Description of the Semantic Field of ‘Colour’ in European Portuguese

Davidoff, Prof. Jules, Dept of Psychology, Goldsmiths College, University of London, U.K., with Davies, Roberson and Shapiro:

Colour Category Acquisition in Himba and English Children – a Longitudinal Study

with Fagot and Goldstein:

Monkeys Categorise Colours Differently to Humans (POSTER)

Davies, Prof. Ian, Dept of Psychology, University of Surrey, U.K., with Franklin:

The Development of Perceptual Colour Categorisation

with Hippisley:

Evolving Secondary Colours: Evidence from Sorbian

with Davidoff, Roberson and Shapiro:

Colour Category Acquisition in Himba and English Children – a Longitudinal Study

Dedrick, Prof. Don, Dept of Philosophy and Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, U.S.A.

Is There More Than One Explanation for the Universality of Colour Names?

Duncan, Jane, Dept of Primary Care and Population Sciences, Centre for Medical Humanities, University College London, U.K., with Nobbs:

Colouring our Emotions: the Measurement and Application of our Responses to Colour

Edgeworth, Prof. Robert J., Dept of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Louisiana State University, U.S.A.

Recent Progress in Greek and Latin Colour Terms

Fagot, Dr Joël, Center for Research in Cognitive Neurosciences (Marseille), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France, with Davidoff and Goldstein:

Monkeys Categorise Colours Differently to Humans (POSTER)

Forbes, Dr Isabel, U.K.

Age-Related Differences in the Basic Colour Vocabulary of French with Particular Reference to brun and marron

Franklin, Dr Anna, Dept of Psychology, University of Surrey, U.K., with Davies:

The Development of Perceptual Colour Categorisation

Glaz, Dr Adam, Dept of English, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland

Beyond Colour: Modelling Language Data in Colour-Like Ways

Goldstein, Julie, Dept of Psychology, Goldsmiths College, University of London, U.K., with Davidoff and Fagot:

Monkeys Categorise Colours Differently to Humans (POSTER)

Hippisley, Dr Andrew, Dept of Computing, University of Surrey, U.K., with Davies:

Evolving Secondary Colours: Evidence from Sorbian

Hough, Dr Carole, Dept of English Language, University of Glasgow, U.K.

Colours of the Landscape

Jameson, Dr Kimberly A., Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Irvine, and Center for Research in Language, University of California, San Diego, U.S.A.

Modeling Colour Categorization across Cultures: Alternative Cognitive Universals Linked to Relational Properties of Colour Sensation Space

Jones, Dr Andy, Dept of Archaeology, University of Southampton, U.K., with MacGregor:

Colouring in the Past: Archaeological Approaches to Colour Studies

Kay, Prof. Christian, Dept of English Language, University of Glasgow, U.K., with Mulvenna:

Synaesthesia: a View from Within

Kerttula, Dr Seija, Research Unit for Variation and Change in English, Dept of English, University of Helsinki, Finland

Basicness and Relative Basicness of Colour Terms: Contrastive Studies

Kezeli, Prof. Archil, I. Beritashvili Institute of Physiology, Georgian Academy of Science, Tbilisi, Georgia, with Khomeriki, Lomashvili, and Parkosadze:

Peculiarities of the Colour Naming Sequence and Visual Searching in the Georgian-Speaking Population

Khomeriki, Dr Manana, I. Beritashvili Institute of Physiology, Georgian Academy of Science, Tbilisi, Georgia, with Kezeli, Lomashvili, and Parkosadze:

Peculiarities of the Colour Naming Sequence and Visual Searching in the Georgian-Speaking Population

Knoblauch, Dr Ken, The French Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm), U371, Cerveau et Vision, Bron, France

The Development of Human Spectral Coding Mechanisms

Lazar-Meyn, Heidi Ann, freelance Celticist, Canada

Colour Terms in Nova Scotia

Lomashvili, Dr N., I. Beritashvili Institute of Physiology, Georgian Academy of Science, Tbilisi, Georgia, with Kezeli, Khomeriki, Parkosadze:

Peculiarities of the Colour Naming Sequence and Visual Searching in the Georgian-Speaking Population

Macaraeg, Ruel A., Dept of Linguistics, University of Texas at Arlington, U.S.A.

Effects of Chinese Character Complexity on Stroop Test Performance

MacGregor, Dr Gavin, Glasgow University Archaeological Research Division (GUARD), U.K., with Jones:

Colouring in the Past: Archaeological Approaches to Colour Studies

MacKeigan, Terri, Dept of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, University of Edinburgh, U.K.

A Network Analysis of the Emergence of a New Colour Term

Mullen, Prof. Kathy T., McGill Vision Research, Dept of Ophthalmology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, with Pitchford:

The Status of Primary and Secondary Colours in Colour Term Acquisition

Mulvenna, Ms Catherine, Dept of Psychology, University of Glasgow, U.K., with Kay:

Synaesthesia: a View from Within

Ní Chathail, Caitríona, independent scholar, Ireland

Colour Categories and the Translation of Colour Terms from Irish to English

Nobbs, Dr James H., Dept of Colour and Polymer Chemistry, University of Leeds, U.K., with Duncan:

Colouring our Emotions: the Measurement and Application of our Responses to Colour

O’Hanlon, Catherine, Dept of Psychology, University of Essex, U.K.

Learning in Context: the Effects of Linguistic Contrast and Functional Salience on Children’s Acquisition of Novel Colour Terms (POSTER)

Parkosadze, Kh., I. Beritashvili Institute of Physiology, Georgian Academy of Science, Tbilisi, Georgia, with Kezeli, Khomeriki, and Lomashvili:

Peculiarities of the Colour Naming Sequence and Visual Searching in the Georgian-Speaking Population

Pawlowski, Dr hab. Adam, Institute of Polish Philology, University of Wroclaw, Poland

The Quantitative Structure of the Lexical Field of Colours

Pitchford, Dr Nikki, School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, U.K., with Bonnardel:

Colour Categorisation in Preschoolers

with Mullen:

The Status of Primary and Secondary Colours in Colour Term Acquisition

Pointer, Dr Michael R., National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, U.K.

The Measurement of Appearance

Prado-León, Dr Lilia Roselia, Ergonomics Research Center, University Center for Art, Architecture and Design, University of Guadalajara, Mexico, with Avila-Chaurand and Rosales-Cinco:

Meanings of Colour in the Mexican University Population

Roberson, Dr Debi, Dept of Psychology, University of Essex, U.K., with Davidoff, Davies and Shapiro:

Colour Category Acquisition in Himba and English Children – a Longitudinal Study

Ronchi, Prof. Lucia R., Giorgio Ronchi Foundation, Florence, Italy, with Abbozzo:

Colour Categorization in the Real World (POSTER)

Rosales-Cinco, Rosa A., Ergonomics Research Center, University Center for Art, Architecture and Design, University of Guadalajara, Mexico, with Avila-Chaurand and Prado-León:

Meanings of Colour in the Mexican University Population

Saunders, Prof. Barbara, Dept of Anthropology, University of Leuven, Belgium

The Normativity of Colour

Schaefer-Priess, PD Dr Barbara, Institut für Übersetzen und Dolmetschen, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Colour Categories with Two Possible Basic Terms in the Romance Languages

Shapiro, Ms Laura, Dept of Psychology, Goldsmiths College, University of London, U.K., with Davidoff, Davies and Roberson:

Colour Category Acquisition in Himba and English Children – a Longitudinal Study

Steinvall, Dr Anders, Dept of Modern Languages, Umeå University, Sweden

Classifying Use as an Indication of Basicness

Wanzeck, Dr Christiane, Institut für Deutsche Philologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany

About Blue Stockings and Blue Books: Linguistic Considerations as to the Origin of Phraseological Units with the Colour Blue

Warburton, Dr David A., Dept of the Study of Religion, University of Aarhus, Denmark, with Casanova:

Materials, Exchange and Abstraction in the Colour Terminology of Early Antiquity

Wierzbicka, Prof. Anna, School of Language Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

The Semantics of Colour: a New Paradigm

Wright, Dr Laura, Faculty of English, University of Cambridge, U.K.

The Changing Referents of maroon

Young, Dr Diana, Dept of Anthropology, University College London, U.K.

Colour Relations in Material Practice


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