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Direct linkMajid, Asifa; Boster, James S.; Bowerman, Melissa – Cognition, 2008
The cross-linguistic investigation of semantic categories has a long history, spanning many disciplines and covering many domains. But the extent to which semantic categories are universal or language-specific remains highly controversial. Focusing on the domain of events involving material destruction ("cutting and breaking" events, for short),…
Descriptors: Semantics, Verbs, Linguistics, Classification
