Semantics ' Primes and Universals '

by Anna Wierzbicka

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198700032
• ISBN13: 9780198700036
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"