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NSM and the meaning of color words
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Paul Kay
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February 26, 2008
Abstract
Uwe Durst (D) is to be commended for a clear exposition of the Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM) theory of Anna Wierzbicka (W) and her associates. In addition to laying out clearly the assumptions of the NSM theory, D states that
The …NSM model… has turned out to be a most useful theoretical and methodological framework for semantic analysis in various linguistic… domains.
Published Online: 2008-02-26
Published in Print: 2003-05-25
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