Cross-Linguistic Semantics Book

List of tables, figures and appendices

Pt. 1 The Natural Semantic Metalanguage theory

1 Natural Semantic Metalanguage: The state of the art Cliff Goddard Goddard, Cliff 1

2 New semantic primes and new syntactic frames: "Specificational BE" and "abstract THIS/IT" Cliff Goddard Goddard, Cliff Anna Wierzbicka Wierzbicka, Anna 35

3 Towards a systematic table of semantic elements Cliff Goddard Goddard, Cliff 59

Pt. 2 Whole metalanguage studies

4 Semantic primes in Amharic Mengistu Amberber Amberber, Mengistu 83

5 The Natural Semantic Metalanguage of Korean Kyung-Joo Yoon Yoon, Kyung-Joo 121

6 Semantic primes and their grammar in a poly synthetic language: East Cree Marie-Odile Junker Junker, Marie-Odile 163

Pt. 3 Problems in semantic metalanguage

7 Hyperpolysemy in Bunuba, a polysynthetic language of the Kimberley, Western Australia Emily Knight Knight, Emily 205

8 Re-thinking THINK in contrastive perspective: Swedish vs. English Cliff Goddard Goddard, Cliff Susanna Karlsson Karlsson, Susanna 225

9 Identification and syntax of semantic prime MOMENT in Tarifyt Berber Noureddine Elouazizi Elouazizi, Noureddine Radoslava Trnavac Trnavac, Radoslava 241

Pt. 4 Semantic studies across languages

10 The ethnogeometry of Makasai (East Timor) Anna Brotherson Brotherson, Anna 259

11 The semantics of "inalienable possession" in Koromu (PNG) Carol Priestley Priestley, Carol 277

12 Tolerance: New and traditional values in Russian in comparison with English Anna Gladkova Gladkova, Anna 301

13 Two "virtuous emotions" in Japanese: Nasake/joo and jihi Rie Hasada Hasada, Rie 331

Author index 349

Language and language families index 351

Subject index353