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Comparative Semantics

Comparative Semantics is a subfield of comparative linguistics that systematically analyzes and contrasts the meaning structures of linguistic expressions across different languages to identify both universal semantic patterns and language-specific variations.

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<b>Semantics:</b> Primes and universais. By Anna Wierzbicka. Oxford &amp; New York: Oxford University Press. 1996. Pp. xii, 500. $105.00.

Bert Peeters · Language · 1998 · 1.4K citations

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COMPARING SEMANTIC THEORIES OF COMPARISON

Arnim von Stechow · Journal of Semantics · 1984 · 978 citations · Full text

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<b>The representation of (in)definiteness</b> . Edited by Eric J. Reuland and Alice G. B. ter Meulen (Current Studies in Linguistics Series, 14.) Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1987. Pp. 344.

Jack Hoeksema · Language · 1989 · 967 citations

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Understanding metaphorical comparisons: Beyond similarity.

Sam Glucksberg, Boaz Keysar · Psychological Review · 1990 · 820 citations

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A semantics for positive and comparative adjectives

Ewan Klein · Linguistics and Philosophy · 1980 · 785 citations

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Authors

942

  1. CG
    Cliff Goddard

    Griffith University, Australia

    9 publications · 556 citations

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  2. AM
    Asifa Majid

    Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Netherlands

    8 publications · 534 citations

    8

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  3. AW
    Anna Wierzbicka

    Australian National University, Australia

    7 publications · 372 citations

    7

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  4. HH
    Herbert H. Clark

    Stanford University, United States

    5 publications · 347 citations

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  5. AB
    Alan Bale

    Concordia University, Canada

    4 publications · 440 citations

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1–5 of 942

Institutions

395

  1. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    20 h-index

    42 publications

    5K citations

  2. Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    14 h-index

    37 publications

    4.5K citations

  3. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    14 h-index

    18 publications

    891 citations

  4. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    14 h-index

    19 publications

    1.2K citations

  5. Radboud University Nijmegen

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    12 h-index

    19 publications

    1.7K citations

  6. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

    Leipzig, Germany

    11 h-index

    14 publications

    917 citations

  7. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    9 h-index

    11 publications

    653 citations

  8. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    9 h-index

    9 publications

    868 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Semantics

    25 publications · 2.4K citations

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  2. Language

    22 publications · 5.1K citations

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  3. Linguistics

    16 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. Studies in Language

    17 publications · 991 citations

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  5. Proceedings from Semantics and Linguistic Theory

    SALT · 25 publications · 912 citations

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