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Publication details [#10067]

Wierzbicka, Anna. 1972. Semantic primitives. Athenäum. 235 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English

Annotation

W. searches for a minimal set of primary semantic concepts that are themselves unexplainable or undefinable in terms of more simple concepts, but can be used adequately to define the meanings of all possible linguistic utterances.