01441nam a2200265Ia 4500 TVU_11331 210423s9999 xx 000 0 und d 0198700032 9780198700036 eng 401.43 A613 Anna Wierzbicka Semantics primes and universals Anna Wierzbicka Oxford [England],New York Oxford University Press 1996 xii, 500 p. 25 cm 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 Semantics; Linguistic universals; Grammar; Comparative and general; Language and culture Anna Wierzbicka Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Trà Vinh