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37. 빈칸 넣기

Speakers in preliterate societies often lack specific words for colors. Lacking control over dyes and paints, they seldom need to be color-conscious. But if the need arises, they can always adapt to the occasion by referring to “the color of the sky,” “the color of milk,” or “the color of blood.” Even parts of the body get named in conformity with to refer to them. In the tropics, where people don’t wear much clothing, they tend to speak languages that lump “hand” and “arm” under one term and “leg” and “foot” under another. People who live in colder climates and who wear special garments (gloves, boots, sleeves, pants, etc.) for different parts of the body, more often have separate words for “hand” versus “arm” and for “foot” versus “leg.”

① the physical trait

② the literacy level

③ the cultural need

④ the costume practice

⑤ the geographical background