| Description |
xii, 500 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. A Survey of Semantic Primitives -- 3. Universal Grammar: The Syntax of Universal Semantic Primitives -- 4. Prototypes and Invariant --5. Semantic Primitives and Semantic Fields -- 6. Semantics and "Primitive Thought" -- 7. Semantic Complexity and the Role of Ostension in the Acquisition of Concepts -- 8. Against "Against Definitions" -- 9. Semantics and Lexicography -- 10. The Meaning of Colour Terms and the Universals of Seeing -- 11. The Semantics of Natural Kinds -- 12. Semantics and Ethnobiology -- 13. Semantic Rules in Grammar -- 14. A Semantic Basis for Grammatical Description and Typology: Transitivity and Reflexives -- 15. Comparing Grammatical Categories across Languages: The Semantics of Evidentials |
| Analysis |
Grammar, Comparative and general |
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Language and culture |
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Semantics |
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Universals (Linguistics) |
| Notes |
Includes previously published material rev. and expanded for this publication |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [459]-487) and index |
| Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general.
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Language and culture.
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Linguistic universals.
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Lingusitic universals
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Semantics.
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| LC no. |
95020740 |
| ISBN |
0198700024 |
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0198700032 (paperback) |
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