Meaning and universal grammar.: theory and empirical findings / Volume II :

This book develops a bold new approach to universal grammar, based on research findings of the natural semantic metalanguage (NSM) program. The key idea is that universal grammar is constituted by the inherent grammatical properties of some 60 empirically established semantic primes, which appear to...

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Weitere Verfasser: Goddard, Cliff, Wierzbicka, Anna
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, Pa : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2002.
Schriftenreihe:Studies in language companion series ; v. 61.
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Zusammenfassung:This book develops a bold new approach to universal grammar, based on research findings of the natural semantic metalanguage (NSM) program. The key idea is that universal grammar is constituted by the inherent grammatical properties of some 60 empirically established semantic primes, which appear to have concrete exponents in all languages. For six typologically divergent languages (Mangaaba-Mbula, Mandarin Chinese, Lao, Malay, Spanish and Polish), contributors identify exponents of the primes and work through a substantial set of hypotheses about their combinatorics, valency properties, compl.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xv, 334 pages) : map
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:1588112640
9781588112644
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9781588112651
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9781588113221
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ISSN:0165-7763 ;

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