NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 10 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Riemer, Nick – Language Sciences, 2013
A familiar assumption in much linguistic semantics is that meanings are to be identified conceptually as, or as subparts of, the conceptual representations deployed in general cognitive processes. However, this assumption has increasingly come into question as a result of developments in the study of cognition both within and outside linguistics.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Semantics, Language Patterns, Linguistic Theory
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Schulte, K. – Language Sciences, 2007
It is cross-linguistically common for languages to undergo a diachronic increase in the range of adverbial notions that can be expressed by means of infinitival constructions, and the Romance languages are a good example of this process. Examining the development of adverbial "prepositional infinitive" constructions in Spanish, Portuguese and…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Morphemes, Romance Languages, Spanish
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Goddard, Cliff – Language Sciences, 1997
Examines the theory of "natural semantic metalanguage," which argues that all languages share an irreducible core of universal semantic primitives with certain universal syntactic properties. Hypotheses on the universal syntax of semantic primitives are outlined. Topics include valency options and complementation possibilities of…
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Patterns, Language Universals, Linguistic Theory
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Hasada, Rie – Language Sciences, 1997
Discusses whether the hypothesis, within Natural Semantic Metalanguage theory, that the conditional and counterfactual constructions are semantic universals is justifiable in the case of Japanese. It is concluded that there is an unambiguous equivalent of the "if"-construction in Japanese, and that while there is an unambiguous…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Grammar, Japanese, Language Patterns
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Honeybone, Patrick – Language Sciences, 1999
Examines claims and assumptions of theory of "government phonology," using as a starting point a monograph on phonological government in Japanese, in which the theory is applied to a range of phonological and morphological data. Main theoretical concepts in the theory are introduced and critically discussed, and connections to other theories of…
Descriptors: Japanese, Language Patterns, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Onishi, Masayuki – Language Sciences, 1997
Examines Japanese equivalents of the six mental predicates defined as semantic universals in Natural Semantic Metalanguage theory, with special attention to syntax and semantics of complementation types. It is shown that each primitive predicate has a specific set of syntactic frames for expressing primitive meaning and that extended meanings that…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Grammar, Japanese, Language Patterns
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Peeters, Bert – Language Sciences, 1997
Explores the combinatorial possibilities of semantic primitives of time and space in French, as defined in the theory of Natural Semantic Metalanguage. Highlights the need for new ways to express the allolexical relationship in some combinations, particularly those expressing "when/time." (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: French, Grammar, Language Patterns, Language Research
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Stanwood, Ryo – Language Sciences, 1997
This study presents evidence collected from basilectal texts that the natural semantic metalanguage (NSM) mental predicates "think, know, want, feel, say, see, hear" have clear lexical equivalents in Hawaii Creole English (HCE), and that these HCE predicates occur, with minor qualification, in the syntactic configurations predicted by…
Descriptors: Creoles, Discourse Analysis, English, Language Patterns
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Stonham, John – Language Sciences, 1997
Examines the traditional characterization of the process of verb formation in Sinhala (Singhalese) and the interaction between grammar components involved in the process. Compares this with a new approach, and presents an attempt at formulating derivation rules. The basic assumption is that a more integrated approach to the grammar yields a more…
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Patterns, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Hill, Deborah; Goddard, Cliff – Language Sciences, 1997
Identifies lexical equivalents of semantic primitives "above, under, inside, on the side," as defined by Natural Semantic Metalanguage theory, in Longgu (Solomon Islands) and argues that the first three have both a semantically primitive rational sense and a secondary topological sense. Morphosyntactic issues are discussed, including…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grammar, Language Patterns, Language Research