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520 a| "This monograph investigates for the first time words like 'thing' of maximal semantic generality across languages. Not all languages have exact equivalents of English 'thing' - in some, for instance, the nearest equivalent is an interrogative stem ('what?'). Few languages extend their 'thing' words into indefinite 'something', 'anything', 'nothing', as in English. As regards Indo-European languages, Buck (1988) points out that such words typically derive from a more abstract source than that of simple material objects. In the case of 'thing', the earliest source usually given is the Germanic word for a 'judicial assembly'. How does such a word develop the most general sense of 'thing' today? Do all languages follow this kind of pattern? These questions lead into an investigation of the concept of 'thing' in a wide range of contexts and in a wide variety of languages, involving both typological and cognitive aspects. The results have sometimes been unexpected. Buck, C. D. 1988. A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo -European Languages. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press"-- Provided by publisher.;

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This is the thing a cognitive/typological investigation into the concept of 'thinghood' / Michael Fortescue, University of Copenhagen, emeritus.

Author/creator	Fortescue, Michael D.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2026.
Description	pages cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subjects	Object (Philosophy)--Cross-cultural studies. Semantics, Comparative Language and languages--Philosophy.

Series	Human cognitive processing (HCP), 1387-6724 ; volume 79
Abstract	"This monograph investigates for the first time words like 'thing' of maximal semantic generality across languages. Not all languages have exact equivalents of English 'thing' - in some, for instance, the nearest equivalent is an interrogative stem ('what?'). Few languages extend their 'thing' words into indefinite 'something', 'anything', 'nothing', as in English. As regards Indo-European languages, Buck (1988) points out that such words typically derive from a more abstract source than that of simple material objects. In the case of 'thing', the earliest source usually given is the Germanic word for a 'judicial assembly'. How does such a word develop the most general sense of 'thing' today? Do all languages follow this kind of pattern? These questions lead into an investigation of the concept of 'thing' in a wide range of contexts and in a wide variety of languages, involving both typological and cognitive aspects. The results have sometimes been unexpected. Buck, C. D. 1988. A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo -European Languages. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2025046621
ISBN	9789027231987 hardcover
ISBN	pdf

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