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Semantic Universals and Universal Semantics

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Hardcover | 1 December 1990

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Non-Fiction Language & Linguistics Linguistics Semantics & Discourse Analysis Philosophy of Language

Preface
Introduction: Universals and Semantics	p. 1
General Questions
Linguistic Universals in Logical Semantics	p. 17
Is Semantics Universal, or Isn't It? On the Relation of Language, Thought and Semantic Structure	p. 37
The Problem of Semantic Incomparability	p. 60
Basic Issues
Predication and Sentence Constitution in Universal Perspective	p. 75
Aristotle Goes to Arizona, And Finds a Language without 'And'	p. 96
Special Topics
Quantity and Number	p. 133
Some Remarks on Polarity Items	p. 150
Concessive Relations as the Dual of Causal Relations	p. 190
Conditionals and Unconditionals: Cross-linguistic and Logical Aspects	p. 210
List of Authors and Addresses	p. 237
Index of Names	p. 238
Index of Subjects	p. 241
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