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Conceptual primitives and semantic universals are the cornerstones of a semantic theory which Anna Wierzbicka has been developing for many years. Semantics: Primes and Universals is a major synthesis of her work, presenting a full and systematic exposition of that theory in a non-technical and readable way. It delineates a full set of universal concepts, as they have emerged from large-scale investigations across a wide range of languages undertaken by the author and her colleagues. On the basis of empirical cross-linguistic studies it vindicates the old notion of the 'psychic unity of mankind', while at the same time offering a framework for the rigorous description of different languages and cultures.

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Book category Books in English Language linguistics Semantics, discourse analysis, etc

• Full title: Semantics
• Author: Anna Wierzbicka
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 512
• EAN: 9780198700036
• ISBN: 0198700032
• ID: 04477309
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Weight: 732 g
• Dimensions: 232 × 157 × 19 mm
• Date of publishing: 28. March 1996

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