Re: Letf / Right, was Re: Count and mass nouns
| From: | Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, January 24, 2004, 18:30 |
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En réponse à Philippe Caquant :
>Of course. That's why we have to look for the real
>primitives (the concepts that cannot be defined
>simpler). Wierzbicka explains all that in a very
>interesting way.
Except that I don't believe in the existence of such primitives. The way I
see the lexicon of any language built, each word is defined in relationship
with others, but also with its own specific primitive nucleus. The area of
meaning is necessarily continuous. I don't believe you can cut it into
primitive units of meaning.
Christophe Grandsire.
http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr
You need a straight mind to invent a twisted conlang.
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