Browsing results for Acehnese

(2014) Acehnese – NSM primes

Published on May 12, 2017. Last updated on August 31, 2018.

Durie, Mark; Daud, Bukhari; & Hasan, Mawardi (1994). Acehnese. In Cliff Goddard, & Anna Wierzbicka (Eds.), Semantic and lexical universals: Theory and empirical findings (pp. 171-202). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. DOI: 10.1075/slcs.25.11dur


Research carried out in consultation with or under the supervision of one or more experienced NSM practitioners

(2016) Acehnese – Senses: seeing

Published on August 5, 2018. Last updated on September 15, 2018.

Fitrisia, Dohra, & Mulyadi (2016). Verb eu ‘see’ in the Acehnese language. Proceedings of English Education International Conference, 1(2), 232-238. PDF (open access)

This study uses NSM to describe the meaning and semantic structure of verbs involving the semantic prime SEE in Acehnese. The Acehnese exponent of the prime is eu. The data were collected by interviewing native speakers. All verbs described appear to be built around combinations of the prime SEE with each of the primes FEEL, THINK, KNOW, and SAY, resulting in four partly overlapping groups of verbs.


Crude application of NSM principles carried out without prior training by an experienced NSM practitioner

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