Animal Behavior & CognitionbioRxiv
The evolution of color naming reflects pressure for efficiency: Evidence from the recent past
N. Zaslavsky, K. Garvin, C. Kemp…·T. Regier
This study shows that color naming in Nafaanra has remained near-optimally efficient over four decades, supporting the hypothesis that efficiency drives semantic evolution.
DOI 10.1093/jole/lzac001