Talk:Natural semantic metalanguage/to do

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  1. Restructure article.
  2. Expand theoretical background
  3. Allolexy, polysemy
  4. More on history
  5. More practical examples of its use (Goddard 1998, Wierzbicka 1988, G&W 1994, G&W 2002)
  6. References: weed out the less central ones, or better yet, divide them in basic and secondary literature
  7. Theoretical context: relation to other semantic theories and to cognitive linguistics; opposition to 'objectivist semantics' (like Lakoff).
  8. Psychological reality and status of semantic primitives
  9. Criticisms & problems (Ameka 1994, Van Driem 2004, Lakoff 1987:279-280, Goddard 1998)

Last update: mark 02:35, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)