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On the origin of Italian adjectival colour compounds of the type grigioverde ‘grey-green’

    Publication: Chapter in book/Conference proceedingChapter in edited volume

    Abstract

    This paper studies the history of Italian colour compounds of the type grigio-verde from an onomasiological perspective, showing that they were due to calques from the corresponding Neo-Latin type.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationDi tutti i colori. Studi linguistici per Maria Grossmann
    Editors Roberta D’Alessandro, Gabriele Iannàccaro, Diana Passino, Anna M. Thornton
    Place of PublicationUtrecht
    PublisherUtrecht University
    Pages247-256
    ISBN (Print)978-90-9030133-4
    Publication statusPublished - 2017

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