Blue–green distinction in language
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Blue–green distinction in language
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青 In many languages, the colors described in English as "blue" and "green" are colexified, i.e., expressed using a single umbrella term. To render this ambiguous notion in English, linguists use the blend word grue, from green and blue, a term coined by the philosopher Nelson Goodman—with an unrelated meaning—in his 1955 Fact, Fiction, and Forecast to illustrate his "new riddle of induction". The exact definition of "blue" and "green" may be complicated by the speakers not primarily distinguishi
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Overview of the distinction between the words "green" and "blue" in various languages
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%E2%80%93green_distinction_in_language
date created:
2005-05-25T00:05:38Z
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2024-09-04T09:16:01Z
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