02532nam 2200613 a 450 991045659800332120200520144314.01-283-28030-2978661328030590-272-8187-4(CKB)2550000000046985(EBL)784223(OCoLC)752499720(SSID)ssj0000638412(PQKBManifestationID)11408663(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000638412(PQKBWorkID)10714304(PQKB)11737277(MiAaPQ)EBC784223(Au-PeEL)EBL784223(CaPaEBR)ebr10495881(EXLCZ)99255000000004698520111010d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMeaning and universal grammar[electronic resource] theory and empirical findings. Volume I /edited by Cliff Goddard, Anna WierzbickaAmsterdam John Benjamins Pub. Co.20021 online resource (354 p.)Studies in language companion series (SLCS),0165-7763 ;v. 60Description based upon print version of record.90-272-3063-3 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.pt. 1. General -- pt. 2. Individual language studies.This book develops a bold new approach to universal grammar, based on research findings of the natural semantic metalanguage (NSM) program. The key idea is that universal grammar is constituted by the inherent grammatical properties of some 60 empirically established semantic primes, which appear to have concrete exponents in all languages. For six typologically divergent languages (Mangaaba-Mbula, Mandarin Chinese, Lao, Malay, Spanish and Polish), contributors identify exponents of the primes and work through a substantial set of hypotheses about their combinatorics, valency properties, complStudies in language companion series ;v. 60.SemanticsGrammar, Comparative and generalElectronic books.Semantics.Grammar, Comparative and general.401401.43Goddard Cliff174092Wierzbicka Anna174093MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456598003321Meaning and universal grammar2032649UNINA