    # KEHOME/knowledge/theory/NaturalSemanticMetalanguage/prime.html
    # Aug/11/2003

    # Anna Wierzbicka, "Semantics Primes and Universals",
    # Oxford University Press, 1996.
    # p. 35: old primitives (well tested)
    # p. 73: new primitives (more recent)

    category		old prime	new prime
    ========		=========	=========
    substantives
    			I
    			YOU
    			SOMEONE
    			SOMETHING
    			PEOPLE
    determiners
    			THIS
    			THE SAME
    			OTHER
    					SOME
    quantifiers
    			ONE
    			TWO
    			MANY (MUCH)
    			ALL
    augmentor
    					MORE
    mental predicates
    			THINK
    			KNOW
    			WANT
    			FEEL
    					SEE
    					HEAR
    speech
    			SAY
    actions and events
    			DO
    			HAPPEN
    non-mental predicates
    					MOVE
    					THERE IS
    					(BE) ALIVE
    evaluators
    			GOOD
    			BAD
    descriptors
    			BIG
    			SMALL
    space
    			WHERE
    			UNDER
    			ABOVE
    					FAR
    					NEAR
    					SIDE
    					INSIDE
    					HERE
    time
    			WHEN
    			BEFORE
    			AFTER
    					A LONG TIME
    					A SHORT TIME
    					NOW
    partonomy and taxonomy
    			PART (OF)
    			KIND (OF)
    metapredicates
    			NOT
    			CAN
    			VERY
    interclausal linkers
    			IF
    			BECAUSE
    			LIKE
    imagination and possibility
    					IF ... WOULD
    					MAYBE
    words
    					WORD

    # Cliff Goddard, "Polysemy: A Problem of Definition",
    # pp. 129 - 151 in
    # Yael Ravin and Claudia Leacock, "Polysemy:
    # Theoretical and Computational Approaches",
    # Oxford University Press, 2000.
    # p. 131: proposed semantic primes

    category		prime
    ========		=====
    substantives
    			I
    			YOU
    			SOMEONE
    			SOMETHING/THING
    			PEOPLE/PERSON
    determiners
    			THIS
    			THE SAME
    			OTHER/ELSE
    quantifiers
    			ONE
    			TWO
    			ALL
    			MANY/MUCH
    			SOME
    mental predicates
    			WANT
    			FEEL
    			THINK
    			KNOW
    			SEE
    			HEAR
    speech
    			SAY
    			WORD
    actions, events, movement
    			DO
    			HAPPEN
    			MOVE
    existence
    			THERE IS
    life
    			LIVE
    			DIE
    evaluators and descriptors
    			GOOD
    			BAD
    			BIG
    			SMALL
    time
    			WHEN/TIME
    			NOW
    			BEFORE
    			AFTER
    			A LONG TIME
    			A SHORT TIME
    			FOR SOME TIME
    space
    			WHERE/PLACE
    			HERE
    			ABOVE
    			BELOW
    			NEAR
    			FAR
    			SIDE
    			INSIDE
    logical concepts
    			NOT
    			MAYBE
    			IF
    			CAN
    			BECAUSE
    intensifier, augmentor
    			VERY
    			MORE
    taxonomy, partonomy
    			KIND OF
    			PART OF
    similarity
    			LIKE