Berlin and Kay's (1969/1992) cross-linguistic study of color terminology revealed that
A) women tend to use fewer color terms and men tend to use more color terms.
B) color terminology was least developed in areas with a history of using dyes and artificial coloring.
C) all languages included sixteen basic color terms.
D) the languages of cultivators in Papua New Guinea and foragers in Australia had more basic color terms than did European and Asian languages.
E) there are only two basic color terms, black and white.
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