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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Last
week I posted a request for proposed lists of semantic primitives (primarily for
verbs, but also for nouns). Thanks to everyone who responded. Though (as I feared)
proposed definitive lists are thin on the ground, I received quite a few
helpful references/suggestions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>-
WordNet (<a href="http://wordnet.princeton.edu/">http://wordnet.princeton.edu/</a>)
has semantic feature annotations for all word types, and these can be automatically
extracted.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Talmy’s (1988) paper on force dynamics is very useful, as the proposal includes
both literal and metaphorical cases. I haven’t yet managed to get hold of
it myself, but Talmy’s (2003) book <i>Toward a cognitive semantics</i> also
seems relevant.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> -
Wierzbicka (1972, 1980, 1985, 1988, 1996) proposes a list of semantic primes
(approximately 50, though these relate to all word types). See also Szymanek
(1988)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Various publications by Jackendoff (1972, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1996). discuss
how semantic primitives are combined to yield meaning (Lexical Conceptual Structures).<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>-
The following two papers contain “semantic features” for nouns and
verbs. However, these are not semantic “primitives” as such, more
just associations for each word.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>MCRAE
K., CREE G. S., SEIDENBERG M. S., MCNORGAN C. (2005). Semantic feature
production norms for a large set of living and nonliving things. Behavior
Research Methods, 37, 547-559.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Vinson
D. P., Vigliocco G. (2008). Semantic feature production<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>norms
for a large set of objects and events. Behavior Research Methods, 40, 183-190.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Ben<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>--<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Dr
Ben Ambridge<br>
School of Psychology<br>
University of Liverpool<br>
Eleanor Rathbone Building<br>
Bedford St South<br>
Liverpool<br>
L69 7ZA<br>
<br>
Tel +44 151 794 1111<br>
<a href="http://pcwww.liv.ac.uk/~ambridge/">http://pcwww.liv.ac.uk/~ambridge/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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