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Semantic and lexical universals : theory and empirical findings / edited by Cliff Goddard, Anna Wierzbicka.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in language companion series ; v. 25.
- Studies in language companion series (SLCS), 0165-7763 ; v. 25
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Semantics.
- Linguistic universals.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (520 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia [Pa.] : J. Benjamins, c1994.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- pt. 1. General
- pt. 2. Individual language studies
- pt. 3. Review.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613092663
- 1-283-09266-2
- 90-272-8578-0
- OCLC:
- 713026655
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