Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. List of contributors xi
5. List of abbreviations xiii
6. Typographical conventions and symbols xv
7. Preface 1
8. Scope and contents of this volume 7
9. The Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM) approach 13
10. Part 1: Romance versions of the Natural Semantic Metalanguage
11. Natural Semantic Metalanguage exponents and universal grammar in Romance 41
12. Natural Semantic Metalanguage exponents and universal grammar in Romance 79
13. Natural Semantic Metalanguage exponents and universal grammar in Romance 111
14. Natural Semantic Metalanguage exponents and universal grammar in Romance 137
15. Natural Semantic Metalanguage exponents and universal grammar in Romance 177
16. Part 2: The Natural Semantic Metalanguage Applied
17. Sfogarsi 207
18. Portuguese saudade and other emotions of absence and longing 235
19. The development of a key word 259
20. The French connector certes 289
21. Francamente, el rojo te sienta fatal 307
22. Towards a description of Spanish and Italian diminutives within the Natural Semantic Metalanguage framework 331
23. Indexes 361