คำเรียกสีและการรับรู้สีของผู้พูดภาษาไทลื้อ ลัวะ ม้ง และ กะเหรี่ยง ในพื้นที่จังหวัดเชียงรายและพะเยา / ศตนันท์ เชื้อมหาวัน = Colour terms and colour perception of Tai Lue, Lua, Mong and Karen speakers in Chiangrai and Phayao / Satanan Chua-Maharwan
The purposes of this thesis are to analyze the basic and non - basic colour terms in Tai Lue, Lua, Mong and Karen and to analyze their colour perception and attitude. The data was collected from 40 female informants whose ages are between 30-45 years old. The elicitation of colour terms was done by using 208 colour cards. The research result indicates that these 4 languages have different numbers of basic colour terms. The numbers of basic colour terms in Tai Lue, Lua, Mong and Karen are 12, 5, 6 and 5 respectively. Based on the theory of the Universality and Evolution of basic colour term (Berlin and Kay, 1959), it can be concluded that the basic colour terms in these languages are at different stages in the evolution of basic colour term, i.e., the ones of Tai Lue is at the 7th stage, of Lua and Mong are at the 5th stage, and of Karen is at the 4th stage. In forming non-basic colour terms, three strategies have been found : combining a colour term with another colour term, combining a colour term with an adjective as a modifier and using the names of specific objects as colour terms. In Tai Lue, Lua and Mong, non-basic colour terms are mostly formed by the second strategy except in Karen where the first strategy is mostly used. The third strategy is not popular. Regarding colour perception and attitude to colours, there is no significant difference among the Tai Lue, Lua, Mong and Karen speakers in perceiving the foci point of every colour catagory. In comparison with the other colours, green seems to be very well perceived. These ethnic groups have a positive attitude towards vivid and bright colour and have a negative attitude towards light and subtle colour.
