| Semantics ' Primes and Universals ' Contributor(s): Wierzbicka, Anna (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198700032 ISBN-13: 9780198700036 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $73.15 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 1996 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General - Reference |
| Dewey: 401.43 |
| LCCN: 95-20740 |
| Series: St. in Classification Data Analysis |
| Physical Information: 1.08" H x 6.12" W x 9.19" (1.70 lbs) 512 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |