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Semantic Primitives

Semantic Primitives is a theoretical construct in conceptual semantics that denotes a minimal set of innate, irreducible meaning elements from which all lexical concepts are composed through combinatorial operations.

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432

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202

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Semantic Primes

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214

Force Dynamics in Language and Cognition

Léonard Talmy · Cognitive Science · 1988 · 2K citations · Full text

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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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Distributed representations of structure: A theory of analogical access and mapping.

John E. Hummel, Keith J. Holyoak · Psychological Review · 1997 · 918 citations

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<b>Words in the mind:</b> An introduction to the mental lexicon. 2nd edn. By Jean Aitchison. Oxford &amp; Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1994. Pp. xiii, 290.

Detlef Stark · Language · 1996 · 884 citations

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Ergativity

R. M. W. Dixon · Language · 1979 · 839 citations

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Authors

432

  1. AW
    Anna Wierzbicka

    Australian National University, Australia

    8 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. SC
    Susan Carey

    Harvard University, United States

    4 publications · 202 citations

    4

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  3. CG
    Cliff Goddard

    Griffith University, Australia

    4 publications · 112 citations

    4

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  4. EC
    Erik Cambria

    Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

    3 publications · 811 citations

    3

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  5. KM
    Ken McRae

    Western University, Canada

    3 publications · 1.3K citations

    3

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Institutions

202

  1. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    10 h-index

    10 publications

    1.4K citations

  2. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    1.8K citations

  3. Nanyang Technological University

    Singapore, Singapore

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    1.9K citations

  4. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    2.5K citations

  5. KU Leuven

    Leuven, Belgium

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    204 citations

  6. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    2.1K citations

  7. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    222 citations

  8. University of Oslo

    Oslo, Norway

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    64 citations

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Venues

  1. Cognitive Science

    6 publications · 2.9K citations

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  2. Language

    5 publications · 2.7K citations

    5

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  3. Theoretical Linguistics

    3 publications · 66 citations

    3

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  4. Psychological Review

    3 publications · 1.2K citations

    3

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  5. Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science

    ENTCS · 3 publications · 52 citations

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