The toponymy of any site can be characterized, among many other way, by the names of the colours f ound there. This lexical are a has beco me so important… Click to show full abstract
The toponymy of any site can be characterized, among many other way, by the names of the colours f ound there. This lexical are a has beco me so important in general toponymy that it has its own denomination: chromotoponymy. Rather than being classified according to reality, they are organized linguistically. This linguistic organization is based on the application of the three main types of semantic contrast: privative (color/colourless), equipollent (red/green/yellow, etc.) and gradual (red/bright red/reddish, ruddy, etc.). In the study, the chromotoponymy of the island of Gran Canaria is analised, due to its special wealth and variation, from the point of view of its semantic structures.
               
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