Semantic primes and universal grammar : empirical evidence from the Romance languages / edited by Bert Peeters.

This volume is part of a research program which started with the publication, in 1972, of Anna Wierzbicka's groundbreaking work on Semantic Primitives. The first within the program to focus on a number of typologically similar languages, it proposes a French, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian ver...

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Other Authors: Peeters, Bert, 1960-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©2006.
Series:Studies in language companion series ; v. 81.
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Summary:This volume is part of a research program which started with the publication, in 1972, of Anna Wierzbicka's groundbreaking work on Semantic Primitives. The first within the program to focus on a number of typologically similar languages, it proposes a French, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian version of the Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM) elaborated over the years by Wierzbicka and colleagues. Repetition is avoided through teamwork: a number of authors working on the languages under examination have had equal input in a set of five papers dealing with distinct parts of the metalanguage. Some.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 374 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9789027293275
9027293279
ISSN:0165-7763 ;
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
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