In:Cross-Linguistic Semantics
Edited by Cliff Goddard
[Studies in Language Companion Series 102] 2008
► pp. v–x
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Published online: 10 April 2008
https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.102.toc
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Table of contents
Acknowledgementsxi
List of contributorsxiii
List of tables, figures and appendices
Part I. The Natural Semantic Metalanguage theory
1. Natural Semantic Metalanguage: The state of the art
2. New semantic primes and new syntactic frames: "Specificational BE" and "abstract THIS/IT"
3. Towards a systematic table of semantic elements
Part II. Whole metalanguage studies
4. Semantic primes in Amharic
5. The Natural Semantic Metalanguage of Korean
6. Semantic primes and their grammar in a polysynthetic language: East Cree
Part III. Problems in semantic metalanguage
7. Hyperpolysemy in Bunuba, a polysynthetic language of the Kimberley, Western Australia
8. Re-thinking THINK in contrastive perspective: Swedish vs. English
9. Identification and syntax of semantic prime MOMENT in Tarifyt Berber
Part IV. Semantic studies across languages
10. The ethnogeometry of Makasai (East Timor)
11. The semantics of "inalienable possession" in Koromu (PNG)
12. Tolerance: New and traditional values in Russian in comparison with English
13. Two "virtuous emotions" in Japanese: Nasake/joo and jihi
