Semantics : Primes and Universals
by
Wierzbicka
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0198700032
ISBN-13
9780198700036
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Oxford University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 28th, 1996
Print length
512 Pages
Weight
732 grams
Dimensions
23.20 x 15.70 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
Semantics, discourse analysis, etc
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This book provides a synthesis of Wierzbicka's theory of meaning, which is based on conceptual primitives and semantic universals, using empirical findings from a wide range of languages. While addressed primarily to linguists, the book deals with highly topical and controversial issues of central importance to several disciplines, including anthropology, psychology, and philosophy.
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.
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