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Semantic primes and universal grammar : empirical evidence from the Romance languages /

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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Peeters, Bert, 1960-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©2006.
Series:Studies in language companion series ; v. 81.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Semantic Primes and Universal Grammar; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; List of contributors; List of abbreviations; Typographical conventions and symbols; Preface; Scope and contents of this volume; The Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM) approach; Romance versions of the Natural Semantic Metalanguage; Natural Semantic Metalanguage exponents and universal grammar in Romance; NSM exponents and universal grammar in Romance; NSM exponents and universal grammar in Romance; NSM exponents and universal grammar in Romance.