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Books: General Linguistics: Peeters (Ed)

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Directory         1.    Paul Peranteau, Semantic Primes and Universal Grammar: Peeters (Ed)
Message 1: Semantic Primes and Universal Grammar: Peeters (Ed)
Date: 05-Sep-2006
From: Paul Peranteau <paulbenjamins.com>
Subject: Semantic Primes and Universal Grammar: Peeters (Ed)


Title: Semantic Primes and Universal Grammar Subtitle: Empirical evidence from the Romance languages Series Title: Studies in Language Companion Series 81 Published: 2006 Publisher: John Benjamins
                http://www.benjamins.com/

Book URL: http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=SLCS%2081

Editor: Bert Peeters, University of Tasmania Hardback: ISBN: 9027230919 Pages: 374 Price: Europe EURO 125.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9027230919 Pages: 374 Price: U.S. $ 150.00
Abstract:

Affectionately known as SPUG, this volume is part of a research programwhich started with the publication, in 1972, of Anna Wierzbicka'sgroundbreaking work on Semantic Primitives. The first within the program tofocus on a number of typologically similar languages, it proposes a French,Spanish, Portuguese and Italian version of the Natural SemanticMetalanguage (NSM) elaborated over the years by Wierzbicka andcolleagues. Repetition is avoided through teamwork: a number of authorsworking on the languages under examination have had equal input in a set offive papers dealing with distinct parts of the metalanguage. Some of thefindings presented here invite us to have a fresh look at what has alreadybeen achieved, and to amend some of the working hypotheses of the NSMapproach accordingly. The volume also contains six case studies (on Italiansfogarsi, Portuguese saudades, Spanish crisis, French certes, Spanishexpressions of sincerity and Italian and Spanish diminutives, respectively).

Table of contents

Acknowledgements ixList of contributors xi-xiiList of abbreviations xiiiTypographical conventions and symbols xvPrefaceAnna Wierzbicka 1-6Scope and contents of this volumeBert Peeters 7-12The Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM) approach: An overview withreference to the most important Romance languagesCliff Goddard and Bert Peeters 13-38Part 1: Romance versions of the Natural Semantic MetalanguageNatural Semantic Metalanguage exponents and universal grammar inRomance: Substantives; determines; quantifiersBert Peeters, Marie-Odile Junker, Catherine E. Travis, Patrick Farrell, PedroPerini-Santos and Brigid Maher 41-77Natural Semantic Metalanguage exponents and universal grammar inRomance: Evaluators and descriptors; mental predicatesBert Peeters, Marie-Odile Junker, Catherine E. Travis, Patrick Farrell, PedroPerini-Santos and Brigid Maher 79-109Natural Semantic Metalanguage exponents and universal grammar inRomance: Speech; actions, events and movement; existence andpossession; life and deathBert Peeters, Marie-Odile Junker, Patrick Farrell, Pedro Perini-Santos andBrigid Maher 111-136Natural Semantic Metalanguage exponents and universal grammar inRomance: Time and spaceBert Peeters, Marie-Odile Junker, Patrick Farrell, Pedro Perini-Santos andBrigid Maher 137-175Natural Semantic Metalanguage exponents and universal grammar inRomance: Logical concepts; intensifier and augmentor; taxonomy andpartonomy; similarityBert Peeters, Marie-Odile Junker, Patrick Farrell, Pedro Perini-Santos andBrigid Maher 177-204

Part 2: The Natural Semantic Metalanguage AppliedSfogarsi: A semantic analysis of an Italian speech routine and its underlyingcultural valuesBrigid Maher 207-233Portuguese saudade and other emotions of absence and longingPatrick Farrell 235-258The development of a key word: The deictic field of Spanish crisisDeborah DuBartell 259-287The French connector certes: A Natural Semantic MetalanguageinterpretationMonique A. Burston 289-305Francamente, el rojo te sienta fatal: Semantics and pragmatics of someexpressions of sincerity in present-day SpanishMónica Aznárez Mauleón and Ramón González Ruiz 307-330Towards a description of Spanish and Italian diminutives within the NaturalSemantic Metalanguage frameworkAngela Bartens and Niclas Sandström 331-360Indexes 361-374

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics
Subject Language(s): French (fra)                             Italian (ita)                             Portuguese (por)                             Spanish (spa) Language Family(ies): Romance
Written In: English (eng )

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