Table of contents
Acknowledgementsvii
Part 1: General
1 Semantic Theory and Semantic Universals7
2 Introducing Lexical Primitives31
Part 2: Individual Language Studies
4 The Exponents of Semantic Primitives in Mangap-Mbula87
Mandarin Semantic Primitives109
9 Lexical Primitives in Yankunytjatjara229
10 Preliminary Observations on Lexical and Semantic Primitives in the Misumalpan Languages of Nicaragua263
11 Mparntwe Arrernte and the Search for Lexical Universals285
14 Semantic Primitives in Japanese361
15 Kalam Exponents of Lexical and Semantic Primitives387
16 Semantic and Lexical Universals in French423
Part 3: Review
17 Semantic Primitives Across Languages: A Critical Review445
Notes on Contributors501
Index505
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