The basic colour terms of Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian and their typological relevance 1
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gratefully acknowledged. The paper has benefited from the comments of an anonymous referee and from Bernard Comrie, and we are grateful to both. We would also like to thank Nigel Woodger for his technical support in creating the figures. An earlier version of the paper was given at Progress in Colour Studies 2004, University of Glasgow.
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تاریخ انتشار 2010