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    Goddard, Cliff
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    Goddard, Cliff W.
    Year published
    2007
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    Abstract
    This paper explains and explores the concept of “semantic molecules” in the NSM methodology of semantic analysis. A semantic molecule is a complex lexical meaning which functions as an intermediate unit in the structure of other, more complex concepts. The paper undertakes an overview of different kinds of semantic molecule, showing how they enter into more complex meanings and how they themselves can be explicated. It shows that four levels of “nesting” of molecules within molecules are attested, and it argues that while some molecules, such as ‘hands’ and ‘make’, may well be language-universal, many others are languagespecific.This paper explains and explores the concept of “semantic molecules” in the NSM methodology of semantic analysis. A semantic molecule is a complex lexical meaning which functions as an intermediate unit in the structure of other, more complex concepts. The paper undertakes an overview of different kinds of semantic molecule, showing how they enter into more complex meanings and how they themselves can be explicated. It shows that four levels of “nesting” of molecules within molecules are attested, and it argues that while some molecules, such as ‘hands’ and ‘make’, may well be language-universal, many others are languagespecific.
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    Conference Title
    2006 Annual Meeting of the Australian Linguistic Society
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    https://als.asn.au/Conference/Past-Conferences
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    © The authors 2006. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the conference's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Linguistic Structures (incl. Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics)
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/92413
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