SEMANTIC PRIMITIVES

SEMANTIC Category SEMANTIC Primes
Substantives I, you, someone, people, something/thing, body
Relational Substantives kind, part , organ
Determiners this, the same, other~else~another
Quantifiers one, two, some, all, much/many, little/few
Evaluators good, bad
Descriptors big, small
Mental predicates think, know, want, don't want, feel, see, hear
Speech say, words, true
Actions, Events, Movement do, happen, move
Existence be (somewhere), there is, be (someone/something),
Possession public , private , (is) mine
Life and Death live, die
Time when/time, now, before, after, a long time, a short time, for some time, moment
Space where/place, here, above, below, far, near, side, inside, touch (contact)
Logical Concepts not, maybe, can, because, if
Intensifier, Augmentor very, more
Similarity like/as/way
Direction up , down , left , right
cause
transcendental
measure

PRIMITIVE EMOTIONS