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# Table: Proposed semantic primes (1998); new candidates in parentheses

    Substantives:
     I, YOU, SOMEONE, PEOPLE, SOMETHING/THING, BODY

    Determiners:
     THIS, THE SAME, OTHER

    Quantifiers:
     ONE, TWO, SOME, ALL, MANY/MUCH

    Evaluators:
     GOOD, BAD

    Descriptors:
     BIG, SMALL, (LONG)

    Intensifier:
     VERY

    Mental predicates:
     THINK, KNOW, WANT, FEEL, SEE, HEAR

    Speech:
     SAY, WORD, TRUE

    Actions, events and movement:
     DO, HAPPEN, MOVE

    Existence and possession:
     THERE IS, HAVE

    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; TOUCHING

    "Logical" concepts:
     NOT, MAYBE, CAN, BECAUSE, IF

    Augmentor:
     MORE

    Taxonomy, partonomy:
     KIND OF, PART OF

    Similarity:
     LIKE

## References

1. Cliff Goddard, http://www.une.edu.au/arts/LCL/disciplines/linguistics/nsmpage1.htm

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