A study of loan colour terms in the Komi languages

[NOTE. This abstract contains diacritics that may not display correctly.] This article deals with a comparative study of loaned colour vocabulary in the closely related Komi-Zyrian and Komi-Permyak languages. Data were originally collected by using the field method suggested for establishing basic colour terms by Davies and Corbett (1994, 1995). Sixty-five coloured tiles were used as stimuli. The study explored and compared the psychological salience of recent Russian loan colour terms. It was found that loan colour words occurred more in the Komi-Permyak data. The most salient adopted colour term in the Komi-Permyak language is zeĺonej ‘green’. In the next stage of basic colour system evolution in Komi-Zyrian and Komi-Permyak, the loan colour terms koricnevej ‘brown’, fioĺetovej ‘purple’ and oranževej ‘orange’ may appear. At the present stage of colour category development, the Russian basic terms rozovyj ‘pink’ and goluboj ‘light-blue’ are not salient in either language. Elena Ryabina: Laenvarvinimedest komi keeltes. Artiklis vorreldakse vene laenvarvinimesid omavahel lahedalt suguluses olevas surjakomi ja permikomi keeles. Andmed on kogutud Daviese ja Corbett’ (1995) valimeetodiga. Uurimuses on kasutatud 65 standardset Color-aid Corporationi varvitahvlit. Uurimuse eesmark on laenvarvinimede psuhholoogilise esilduvuse valjaarvutamine ja vordlemine. Tulemused naitavad, et permikomi andmestik sisaldab rohkem laenvarvinimesid. Kognitiivse esiletuleku indeksi jargi on neist psuhholoogiliselt esilduvaim zeĺonej ‘roheline’. Pohivarvinimede susteemi arenedes voivad komi keeltes eeldatavasti leksikaliseeruda koricnevej ‘pruun’, fioĺetovej ‘lilla’ ja oranževej ‘oranž’, sest need on molemas komi keeles kodunenud. Laenvarvinimed rozovyj ‘roosa’ ja goluboj ‘helesinine’ ei ole praegusel pohivarvinimede arenguetapil psuhholoogiliselt esiletulevad kummaski komi keeles. Marksonad : laensona, pohivarvinimi, psuhholoogiline esilduvus, surjakomi keel, permikomi keel