Speaking of colors and odors / edited by Martina Plümacher, Peter Holz.

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Speaking of Colors and Odors; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Speaking of colors and odors; 1. Introduction to the topic; 2. The contributions in the context of previous research; 3. On the contributions to this volume; 4. Acknowledgements; References; Color, smell, and language; 1. Is the propositional nature of language an Aristotelian myth?; 2. Is there a language of memory?; What does this entail for semantics?; 3. Is there an architecture of sensibility and sense?; 4. Sensation vs. communication: A field of conflict; 4.1. Perception and communication in olfaction.

4.2. Perception and communication of colors4.3. Some consequences; 5. Is the evolution of symbolic communication based on human sensibility?; 6. Conclusion; References; How can language cope with color?; 1. Language and color: Is there a problem?; 2. Language and color: There is a problem!; 3. A short description of some principles of color vision; 4. A short description of some principles of brain function; 5. Methods to study the function of the brain; 6. Single cells, neuronal assemblies, and behavior; 7. Single cells versus cell assemblies.

8. Processing of color information in the nervous system9. Peculiarities of human color perception and naming; 10. Discrepancies between the physical world and its subjective experience, or perception; 11. Perception as synthesis of an internal representation, and its relation to language; 12. Conclusions; Acknowledgment; References; Color perception, color description and metaphor; 1. Introduction; 1.1. Colors without a name -- color names without color information; 1.2. Strategies of naming colors and describing color impressions; 2. Patterns of denoting colors.

2.1. Denotation of a hue in analogy to the typical color of a well-known object2.2. Color naming with regard to dyes and pigments; 2.3. Relational ordering of colors in the color circle and color sphere; 2.4. Hybrid forms: Color description with regard to the relational order of colors and to typical colors of objects; 3. Descriptions of interacting colors; 3.1. Opposition: warm -- cold; 3.2. Opposition: active -- passive; 3.3. Opposition: soft -- strong / pale -- intense; 3.4. Opposition: heavy -- light; 3.5. Opposition: deep -- flat; 3.6. The metaphor of the r̀hythm of colors'; 4. Conclusions.

AcknowledgmentReferences; Attractiveness and adornment; 1. Introduction: Functional cycles and naming; 2. From composite signals to distanced communication; 3. Reference to smell in Eipo, Yale, and some other Papuan languages; 4. Reference to color in Eipo, Yale, and some other Papuan languages; 5. Conclusion: Signs of danger, signs of beauty; References; Color terms between elegance and beauty; 1. Axiomatic preliminaries; 2. Color naming with textiles; 3. Classification of color names for textiles; 4. Classification of color names for cosmetics; 5. Language use and color names for textiles.

The paper discusses the neurological basis for olfactory and visual preferences governing human behavior, with the right cerebral hemisphere (RH) playing the dominant role, both in individuals and in types of culture in which olfaction is an important part of the semiosphere. Subjects with RH reactions showed a reliable cross-correlation of biopotentials in the RH when stimulated by odors preferable for them. Classification and verbalization of colors also demonstrates significant differences in the types of strategies used by RH vs. LH subjects. Most professional testers of odors appear to be.

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