Overview

Identification of universal human concepts found in all languages can provide us with a tool for interpreting and explaining culture-specific meanings encoded in the language-and-culture systems of the world. This text attempts to empirically test a hypothetical set of semantic and lexical universals across a number of genetically and typologically diverse languages. The book contains three theoretical chapters, as well as discussing individual languages. These include Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Ewe, Miskitu languages of South America, the Australian Aboriginal languages Aranda, Yankunytjatjara, Kayardild, the Austronesian languages Samoan, Longgu, Acehnese, Mangap-Mbula, the Papuan language Kalam and French.

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Author:   Cliff Goddard (Australian National University) ,  Anna Wierzbicka (Australian National University)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   25
Dimensions:   Width: 16.40cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 24.50cm
Weight:   1.080kg
ISBN:  

9789027230287

ISBN 10:   9027230285
Pages:   510
Publication Date:   04 May 1994
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Acknowledgements; 2. Opening Statement (by Wierzbicka, Anna); 3. Part 1: General; 4. 1 Semantic Theory and Semantic Universals (by Goddard, Cliff); 5. 2 Introducing Lexical Primitives (by Goddard, Cliff); 6. Part 2: Individual Language Studies; 7. 3 Ewe (by Ameka, Felix K.); 8. 4 The Exponents of Semantic Primitives in Mangap-Mbula (by Bugenhagen, Robert); 9. Mandarin Semantic Primitives (by Chappell, Hilary); 10. 6 Thai (by Diller, Anthony); 11. 7 Acehnese (by Durie, Mark); 12. 8 Kayardild (by Evans, Nicholas); 13. 9 Lexical Primitives in Yankunytjatjara (by Goddard, Cliff); 14. 10 Preliminary Observations on Lexical and Semantic Primitives in the Misumalpan Languages of Nicaragua (by Hale, Kenneth L.); 15. 11 Mparntwe Arrernte and the Search for Lexical Universals (by Harkins, Jean); 16. 12 Longgu (by Hill, Deborah); 17. 13 Samoan (by Mosel-Kreutzer, Ulrike); 18. 14 Semantic Primitives in Japanese (by Onishi, Masayuki); 19. 15 Kalam Exponents of Lexical and Semantic Primitives (by Pawley, Andrew); 20. 16 Semantic and Lexical Universals in French (by Peeters, Bert); 21. Part 3: Review; 22. 17 Semantic Primitives Across Languages: A Critical Review (by Wierzbicka, Anna); 23. Notes on Contributors; 24. Index

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