Semantics ' Primes and Universals ' (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780198700036)

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.

Author: Anna Wierzbicka
ISBN-10: 0198700032
ISBN-13: 9780198700036
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 05/09/1996
Pages: 512
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.70lbs
Size: 9.19h x 6.12w x 1.08d