Abstract
An attempt is made to establish the basic/nonbasic status of Russian color terms in the context of B. Berlin's & P. Kay's color hierarchy (Basic Color Terms: Their Universality and Evolution, Baltimore, 1969), using W. F. Battig's & W. F. Montague's method of psychological salience ("Category Norms for Verbal Items in 56 Categories: A Replication and Extension of the Connecticut Category Norms," Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1969, 80, 3, 2). Russian native speakers (N = 31) were asked to list as many color terms as they could think of in five minutes. After each minute, they were asked to draw a line on their paper before continuing. Color term ranking is tabulated on the basis of first, second, third, fourth, & fifth minute periods & the number of responses for each term after successive minutes. The concentration of indisputably basic color terms at the top of the table was attested & the terms siniy 'dark blue' & goluboy 'light blue' were listed as basic terms. 1 Table, 8 References. Z. Dubiel