Semantics: Primes and Universals by Anna Wierzbicka (English) Paperback Book

Description: Semantics by Anna Wierzbicka This book provides a synthesis of Wierzbickas theory of meaning, which is based on conceptual primitives and semantic universals, using empirical findings from a wide range of languages. While addressed primarily to linguists, the book deals with highly topical and controversial issues of central importance to several disciplines, including anthropology, psychology, and philosophy. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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 bythe 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 rigorousdescription of different languages and cultures. Author Biography Anna Wierzbicka is Professor of Linguistics at Australian National University. She has an international reputation for her work on semantics, pragmatics, and cross-cultural linguistics. Other published works include What Did Jesus Mean? (OUP, 2001), Semantics, Culture, and Cognition (OUP, 1992), and Semantic Primitives, in which she is credited with establishing the Natural Semantic Metalanguage. Review a selective reading of the chapters based on need and interest is well worth it, especially if the need and interest are comparative semantic data, where Wierzbicka is at her best...This is a good and interesting book, it is well worth reading./William Frawley/Journal of Linguistics.`One cannot help but be impressed by the range of language-related topics Wierzbickas work encompasses and by the thorough control commanded by her of the relevant literature pertaining to these diverse areas. Equally impressive are the insights that Wierzbickas analyses provide.Cecil H. Brown, Northern Illinois University, Anthropological Linguistics 39 No 1 1997`SCC is a welcome addition to Wierzbickas inexhaustible semantic explications, revealing as it does a general theory and application that can be challenged, tested, and modified. The wide range of topics is typical of those that anyone involved in a cross-cultural work would need to explore, explain and translate ... such detailed analysis can help the native speakers of a language to become more aware of the semantic implications of the words andexpressions that they use.K.J. Franklin, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Australian Journal of Linguistics Long Description 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 bythe 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. Review Text a selective reading of the chapters based on need and interest is well worth it, especially if the need and interest are comparative semantic data, where Wierzbicka is at her best...This is a good and interesting book, it is well worth reading./William Frawley/Journal of Linguistics.`One cannot help but be impressed by the range of language-related topics Wierzbickas work encompasses and by the thorough control commanded by her of the relevant literature pertaining to these diverse areas. Equally impressive are the insights that Wierzbickas analyses provide.Cecil H. Brown, Northern Illinois University, Anthropological Linguistics 39 No 1 1997`SCC is a welcome addition to Wierzbickas inexhaustible semantic explications, revealing as it does a general theory and application that can be challenged, tested, and modified. The wide range of topics is typical of those that anyone involved in a cross-cultural work would need to explore, explain and translate ... such detailed analysis can help the native speakers of a language to become more aware of the semantic implications of the words andexpressions that they use.K.J. Franklin, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Australian Journal of Linguistics Review Quote SCC is a welcome addition to Wierzbickas inexhaustible semanticexplications, revealing as it does a general theory and application that can bechallenged, tested, and modified. The wide range of topics is typical of thosethat anyone involved in a cross-cultural work would need to explore, explain andtranslate ... such detailed analysis can help the native speakers of a languageto become more aware of the semantic implications of the words and expressionsthat they use.K.J. Franklin, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Australian Journal ofLinguistics Details ISBN0198700032 Author Anna Wierzbicka Short Title SEMANTICS PRIMES & UNIVERSALS Language English ISBN-10 0198700032 ISBN-13 9780198700036 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 401.43 Year 1996 Imprint Oxford University Press Subtitle Primes and Universals Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations bibliography Pages 512 Position Professor of Linguistics Affiliation Professor of Linguistics, Australian National University UK Release Date 1996-03-28 AU Release Date 1996-03-28 NZ Release Date 1996-03-28 Birth 1945 Qualifications MD. 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