Selection of semantic molecules of English, grouped into categories (Goddard 2010)

parts of the body:

‘hands’, ‘mouth’, ‘eyes’, ‘ears’,
‘head’, ‘legs’, ‘feet’

physical descriptors:

‘long’, ‘round’, ‘flat’, ‘straight’, ‘hard’, ‘sharp’

physical activities:

‘sit’, ‘stand’, ‘lie’, ‘eat’, ‘drink’, ‘hold’

physical acts:

‘kill’, ‘pick up’, ‘bite’

expressive actions:

‘laugh’, ‘make sounds’, ‘sing’, ‘write’, ‘read’

topological:

‘top’, ‘bottom’, ‘front’, ‘edges’, ‘ends’, ‘hole’

life-forms:

‘creature’, ‘animal’, ‘bird’, ‘fish’, ‘tree’

environmental:

‘ground’, ‘sky’, ‘sun’, ‘water’, ‘fire’

times and places:

‘year’, ‘day’, ‘country’, ‘home’, ‘school’

materials:

‘wood’, ‘stone’, ‘metal’, ‘glass’, ‘paper’

mechanical:

‘wheel’, ‘pipe’, ‘wire’, ‘engine’, ‘electricity’, ‘machine’

social and family:

‘men’, ‘women’, ‘children’, ‘mother’, ‘father’

major cultural concepts:

‘money’, ‘book’, ‘colour’, ‘number’

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