This study proposes Natural Semantic Metalanguage semantic explications for the English words virus (in two senses), bacteria, germs, and related sick, ill, disease. We concentrate on their nave or folk meanings (Apresjan 1992) in everyday English, as opposed to scientific semi-scientific meanings. In this way, paper makes a start uncovering epidemiology embedded lexicon. The semantics of like ...

The central purpose of this study is to apply the NSM (Natural Semantic Metalanguage) method semantic-conceptual analysis word money and related economic transaction verbs, such as buy, sell pay, used in everyday English. It proposes semantic explications for these words on basis conceptual a range linguistic evidence taking account lexical polysemy. Even its basic meaning (in sentence like the...

This study aimed in analyzing the Balinese process verb found Lontar Usada Taru Pramana. is a documentational research with qualitative approach. The data was collected from Pramana which has been translated by Drs. I Ketut Sukanthajaya into latin script. observation and documentation methods were applied collecting data. theories used this are classification of Natural Semantic Metalanguage (N...

Speech acts shape the core of pragmatic competence and their mastery is a prerequisite for successful dis- course encounters in an L2. Cross-cultural comparisons, as claimed by Johnstone (2018), are very effec- tive for knowing and acquiring the speech acts. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to compare a limited number of communicative routines in English and Persian within the f...

Generally, every language has a lexicon that is grouped into classified verbs. Each verb can be broken down some specific subtypes. Particularly in English, verbs are semantically divided several Verbs such as tell, ask, inform, offer, forgive, and others belonging to the types of speech or acts. This study aims analyze natural semantic metalanguage analysis English act inform. In collecting da...