@article{555807,
  author   = {Ulla Vanhatalo and Heli Tissari and Anna Idström},
  journal  = {SKY Journal of Linguistics},
  pages    = {67–94},
  title    = {Revisiting the universality of natural semantic metalanguage: A view through Finnish},
  volume   = {27},
  year     = {2014},
  abstract = {The Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM) is a method of semantic analysis, used for various tasks mainly in the field of linguistic research. A crucial part of the theory is the set of primes, minimal lexical units that are used to explicate words, cultural scripts and other concepts. Identifying the primes in a new language is an opportunity to reinforce and/or revisit the theory. The remarks presented in this paper resulted from the identification process of the Finnish-based NSM primes. The goal of this paper is to direct attention to some fundamental aspects in the Natural Semantic Metalanguage theory, especially to the relation between the universal language-independent NSM concepts and the English-based NSM. A number of remarks are made on the general system of the primes, as the paper points out issues related to e.g. the number, selection and mutual hierarchy of the primes. The economy and logic of certain prime constructions and the argumentation behind allolexy are discussed as well.},
  inlg     = {English [eng]},
  lgcode   = {Finnish [fin] (computerized assignment from "not vocabulary and finnish")},
  src      = {evobib}
}