Semantics. Primes and Universals
โ Anna Wierzbicka
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1996
๐ OUP
๐ English
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Semantic Universals and Universal Semantics
โ Scribed by D. Zaefferer (editor)
- Publisher
- De Gruyter Mouton
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 252
- Series
- Groningen-Amsterdam Studies in Semantics; 12
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Table of Contents
Contents
Preface
Introduction: Universals and Semantics
Part I: General Questions
Linguistic Universals in Logical Semantics
Is Semantics Universal, Or Isn't It ? On the Relation of Language, Thought and Semantic Structure
The Problem of Semantic Incomparability
Part II: Basic Issues
Predication and Sentence Constitution in Universal Perspective
Aristotle Goes to Arizona, And Finds a Language without "And"
Part III: Special Topics
Quantity and Number
Some Remarks on Polarity Items
Concessive Relations as the Dual of Causal Relations
Conditionals and Unconditionals: Cross-linguistic and Logical Aspects
List of Authors and Addresses
Index of Names
Index of Subjects
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