Singing the Russian blues: An argument for culturally basic color terms

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A body of research on the Russian blues is reviewed and arguments are presented from lexical-semantic analysis and linguistic and psycholinguistic studies. The issue of the Russian blue calls into question the proper definition of a basic color term, by focusing on a distinction between denotative and designative meaning.

Russia, Evaluation, Psycholinguistics, Russian culture

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Fish, game, and the foundations of complexity in forager society: The evidence from New Guinea

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The relationship between subsistence form and four aspects of cultural complexity, namely, density, settlement size, settlement form, and settlement performance is examined. The implications of these findings for understanding the generation of complexity in forager societies are briefly discussed.

Pacific Rim, Analysis, Hunting and gathering societies, New Guinea

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