Semantic and lexical universals theory and empirical findings (J. Benjamins, 1994)
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SEMANTIC AND LEXICAL UNIVERSALS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Opening Statement; Part 1: General; Semantic Theory and Semantic Universals; Introducing Lexical Primitives; Part 2: Individual Language Studies; Ewe; The Exponents of Semantic Primitives in Mangap-Mbula; Mandarin Semantic Primitives; Thai; Acehnese; Kayardild; Lexical Primitives in Yankunytjatjara; Preliminary Observations on Lexical and Semantic Primitives in the Misumalpan Languages of Nicaragua; Mparntwe Arrernte and the Search for Lexical Universals; Longgu; Samoan
This set of papers represents a unique collection; it is the first attempt ever to empirically test a hypothetical set of semantic and lexical universals across a number of genetically and typologically diverse languages. In fact the word 'collection' is not fully appropriate in this case, since the papers report research undertaken specifically for the present volume, and shaped by the same guidelines. They constitute parallel and strictly comparable answers to the same set of questions, coordinated effort with a common aim, and a common methodology. The goal of identifying the universal human