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Semantics: Primes and Universals
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Conceptual primitives and semantic universals are the cornerstones of a semantic theory which Anna Wierzbicka has been developing for many years. Semantics: Primes and Universals is a major synthesis of her work, presenting a full and systematic exposition of that theory in a non-technical and readable way. It delineates a full set of universal concepts, as they have emerged from large-scale investigations across a wide range of languages undertaken by the author and her colleagues. On the basis of empirical cross-linguistic studies it vindicates the old notion of the 'psychic unity of mankind', while at the same time offering a framework for the rigorous description of different languages and cultures.
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- Authors
- Peeters, B., & Wierzbicka, A.
- Venue
- Language
- Publisher
- JSTOR
- Published
- 1998-03
- Volume
- 74
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 180
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- 0097-8507 (ISSN-L)
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- W2114022144
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- 1,355
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- 1
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- book review
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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