CATEGORIES

THE ORIGIN AND IMPACT OF COLOUR CATEGORIES IN THOUGHT AND LANGUAGE

Coordinatore	UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX    more Spiacenti, non ci sono informazioni su questo coordinatore. Contattare Fabio per maggiori infomrazioni, grazie.
Nazionalità Coordinatore	United Kingdom [UK]
Totale costo	1˙480˙265 €
EC contributo	1˙480˙265 €
Programma	FP7-IDEAS-ERC Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	ERC-2011-StG_20101124
Funding Scheme	ERC-SG
Anno di inizio	2012
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2012-05-01   -   2017-04-30

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	UNIVERSITY OF SURREY  Organization address address: Stag Hill city: GUILDFORD postcode: GU2 7XH contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Maria Cognome: Sega-Buhalis Email: send email Telefono: +44 1483 683498 Fax: +44 1483 689567	UK (GUILDFORD)	beneficiary	67˙697.00
2	UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX  Organization address address: Sussex House city: FALMER, BRIGHTON postcode: BN1 9RH contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Anna Cognome: Franklin Email: send email Telefono: +44 1273670005	UK (FALMER, BRIGHTON)	hostInstitution	1˙412˙568.00
3	UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX  Organization address address: Sussex House city: FALMER, BRIGHTON postcode: BN1 9RH contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Katherine Cognome: Lennon Email: send email Telefono: +44 1273873448 Fax: +44 1273678192	UK (FALMER, BRIGHTON)	hostInstitution	1˙412˙568.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'This proposal outlines a cutting-edge five year project which will push the frontiers of colour category research, and will resonate throughout the cognitive and social sciences. Humans can discriminate millions of colours (Zeki, 1993), yet language refers to colour using a number of discrete categories (e.g., red, green, blue). These colour categories are also present in ‘thought’ (e.g., in colour judgements / memory). There has been considerable multidisciplinary research into the origin of colour categories and how colour categories in thought and language relate. However, major theoretical challenges remain. The ‘CATEGORIES’ project, led by Franklin, will tackle these crucial challenges with the aim of establishing a new theoretical framework for the field. So far, Franklin has made a major contribution to the field by providing converging evidence that infants categorise colour. The ‘CATEGORIES’ project will investigate new ground-breaking questions on the relationship of these ‘pre-linguistic’ colour categories to the world’s colour lexicons, using a diverse range of methods (e.g., infant testing, computational simulations, psychophysics). The project also aims to resolve the long standing debate about the impact of colour terms on perception (e.g., Whorf, 1956), pioneering a ‘Neuro-Whorfian’ approach to the debate. This approach will use neuro-physiological methods to firmly establish the extent to which speakers of different languages ‘see’ colour differently. The new questions, approaches, data and theory provided by the ‘CATEGORIES’ project, will lead to major advances in colour category research. The project will also lead to major advances on issues that are fundamental to understanding the complexity of the human mind (e.g., the interaction of language and thought; how the brain categorises the visual world), having impact across multiple disciplines (e.g., cognitive neuroscience, linguistics, psychology), as well as practical application.'