05: Colour words around the world and inside your brain
Red, orange, yellow, grue, and purple? Not so fast \u2013 while many languages don\u2019t distinguish between green and blue, it\u2019s unlikely that a language would lump these two together while also having distinct words for \u201corange\u201d and \u201cpurple\u201d. \n\nBut how do we know this? What kinds of ways do different languages carve up the colour spectrum? Why does English say \u201credhead\u201d instead of \u201corangehead\u201d? How do colour words interact with smells, reading, and the human brain? In episode 5 of the podcast that\u2019s enthusiastic about linguistics, your hosts Lauren and Gretchen talk about what linguistic typology and psycholinguistics can tell us about colour words. \n\nWe also chat about Lauren\u2019s archiving work, and the iGesto gesture conference, and Gretchen\u2019s upcoming ICLDC conference adventures.\n\nFor more information, transcript, and links mentioned in this episode, visit the show page: http://lingthusiasm.com/post/157327666801/lingthusiasm-episode-5-colour-words-around-the\n\nListen to bonus episodes, suggest future topics, and help keep the show ad-free by supporting us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/lingthusiasm