The list task and its two parameters (term frequency and its mean position in the lists) are
discussed here. A new simple cognitive salience index, S= F/(N mP), that combines the two …

The paper focuses on the main temperature adjectives in Russian and Swedish, which are
analysed and compared to each other on the basis of their combinability with nouns. Each of …

There are exactly 11 basic colour terms in Estonian: valge'white', must'black', punane'red',
kollane'yellow', roheline'green', sinine'blue', pruun'brown', hall'grey', roosa'pink', lilla'purple' …

Acceptable definitions of thermal sensation for cold and hot water immersion do not exist.
The use of subjective thermal sensation scales remains unsolved with broad psycho …

This paper explores the polysemy of English and Serbian temperature adjectives from a
cognitive linguistic perspective. After a global overview of the adjectival categorisation of the …

There are no clear definitions of what a basic word, term or vocabulary are. They are
ambiguous concepts in linguistics. The most often used attempt to define basic terms is to …

A basic temperature term is a psychologically salient, in most cases morphologically simple
and native word, which generally denotes the quality of temperature at a basic level, and …

This study examines the system of terms used to describe temperature in Latvian, with
special focus on temperature adjectives as its core. The main aim of the research is to …

This paper provides a descriptive and theoretical account of Finnish temperature adjectives
as a system consisting of a three-term core and a supplementary set. The former are …

Temperature is talked about in different ways across languages. In this paper, I explore the
linguistic expressions used to talk about temperature focussing on three domains of …