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# Oct/19/2003
Table: Proposed semantic primes (1998); new candidates in parentheses
Table: Proposed semantic primes (1998); new candidates in parentheses
Substantives:
I, YOU, SOMEONE, PEOPLE, SOMETHING/THING, BODY
Determiners:
THIS, THE SAME, OTHER
Quantifiers:
ONE, TWO, SOME, ALL, MANY/MUCH
Evaluators:
GOOD, BAD
Descriptors:
BIG, SMALL, (LONG)
Intensifier:
VERY
Mental predicates:
THINK, KNOW, WANT, FEEL, SEE, HEAR
Speech:
SAY, WORD, TRUE
Actions, events and movement:
DO, HAPPEN, MOVE
Existence and possession:
THERE IS, HAVE
Life and death:
LIVE, DIE
Time:
WHEN/TIME, NOW, BEFORE, AFTER, A LONG TIME, A SHORT TIME, FOR SOME TIME, MOMENT
Space:
WHERE/PLACE, HERE, ABOVE, BELOW; FAR, NEAR; SIDE, INSIDE; TOUCHING
"Logical" concepts:
NOT, MAYBE, CAN, BECAUSE, IF
Augmentor:
MORE
Taxonomy, partonomy:
KIND OF, PART OF
Similarity:
LIKE
References
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Cliff Goddard,
http://www.une.edu.au/arts/LCL/disciplines/linguistics/nsmpage1.htm
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