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SOME SEMANTIC UNIVERSALS OF GERMAN ADJECTIVALS

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on the internalized language.Here too learning a new language involves learning new basic components of meaning, and these components are also interpreted in terms of the surroundinn universe.The universalitv of these nrimitive elements aooears to he much more unlikely than that of the semanic primitives in the theories discussed above. * This has been stated most clearly by Fodor and Katz in 'The Structure of a SemanticTheory'.Although we will follow the principles developed there, certain modifications will be necessary.For technical details see section 4 below.Cf. also fn.21 below.' 5 (+ Pol) and (-Pol) turn out to be a generalization of the markers (+)and (-), that Katz postulates for the analysis of good.See his The Philosophy of Language, pp.289-317.Cf. also fn.28 below.For a certain reservation see section 2.5 below.