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"The semantics of grammar" presents a radically semantic approach to syntax and morphology. It offers a methodology which makes it possible to demonstrate, on an empirical basis, that syntax is neither "autonomous" nor "arbitrary", but that it follows from "semantics". It is shown that every grammatical construction encodes a certain semantic structure, which can be revealed and rigorously stated, so that the meanings encoded in grammar can be compared in a precise and illuminating way, show more within one language and across language boundaries. The author develops a semantic metalanguage based on lex show lessTags
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Anna Wierzbicka is Professor of Linguistics at the Australian National University. She is the author of numerous books spanning anthropology, psychology, cognitive science, philosophy, and religious studies, as well as linguistics.
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