The search for universal semantic primitives

Wierzbicka, Anna

doi:10.1075/z.61.20wie

In:Thirty Years of Linguistic Evolution: Studies in honour of René Dirven on the occasion of his 60th birthday
Edited by Martin Pütz
[Not in series 61] 1992
► pp. 215–242

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The search for universal semantic primitives

Anna Wierzbicka

Published online: 2 September 1992

https://doi.org/10.1075/z.61.20wie

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