The Missing Shade of Blue

Shiyanthi Thavapalan

The Missing Shade of Blue

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Why don’t most ancient Near Eastern languages have words for ‘blue,’ ‘yellow,’ or even ‘color’?
And how can philosophy and cognitive science help explain this?

Original language	English
Journal	The Ancient Near East Today
Volume	6
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - Feb 2018

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