Haugen, Tor Arne (2016). Semantisk metaspråk og skjematiske nettverk: Valenskonstruksjonar som tydingseiningar [Semantic metalanguage and schematic networks: Valency constructions as meaning units] [In Norwegian]. Maal og minne, 1, 101-140. PDF (open access)
Norwegian exponents for the semantic primes found in Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM) are identified, and some of the epistemological basis of the metalanguage is discussed. Even though the identification of many of the primes is not straightforward, it is argued that the metalanguage is a valuable tool for explicit semantic analyses. This is exemplified by corpus-based investigations of the valency constructions of two polyvalent adjectives in Norwegian, and it is argued that a semantic metalanguage of the NSM type can be a valuable supplement to the network model and to other diagrammatic representations applied in cognitive linguistics.
