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In:Semantic and Lexical Universals: Theory and empirical findings
Edited by Cliff Goddard and Anna Wierzbicka
[Studies in Language Companion Series 25] 1994
► pp. v–vi

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Published online: 4 May 1994

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Table of contents

Acknowledgementsvii

Opening Statement1

Anna Wierzbicka

Part 1: General

1 Semantic Theory and Semantic Universals7

2 Introducing Lexical Primitives31

Anna Wierzbicka

Part 2: Individual Language Studies

3 Ewe57

4 The Exponents of Semantic Primitives in Mangap-Mbula87

Robert Bugenhagen

Mandarin Semantic Primitives109

Hilary Chappell

6 Thai149

7 Acehnese171

8 Kayardild203

9 Lexical Primitives in Yankunytjatjara229

10 Preliminary Observations on Lexical and Semantic Primitives in the Misumalpan Languages of Nicaragua263

Kenneth L. Hale

11 Mparntwe Arrernte and the Search for Lexical Universals285

David P. Wilkins

12 Longgu311

13 Samoan331

14 Semantic Primitives in Japanese361

Masayuki Onishi

15 Kalam Exponents of Lexical and Semantic Primitives387

16 Semantic and Lexical Universals in French423

Part 3: Review

17 Semantic Primitives Across Languages: A Critical Review445

Reviewer

Anna Wierzbicka

Notes on Contributors501

Index505