Editing Natural semantic metalanguage (section)

==Semantic molecules==
Semantic molecules are intermediary words used in explications and cultural scripts. While not semantic primes, they can be defined exclusively using primes. Semantic molecules can be determined as words that are necessary to build upon to explicate other words.<ref name="Cultural Keywords">{{Cite book|title=Cultural Keywords in Discourse|editor-last=Levisen|editor-first=Carsten|editor2-first=Sophia|editor2-last=Waters|publisher=John Benjamins Publishing Company|year=2017|isbn=9789027256829|location=Amsterdam}}</ref> These molecules are marked by the notation [m] in explications and cultural scripts. Some molecules are proposed to be universal or near-universal, while others are culture- or area-specific.<ref name="Homepage Semantic Molecules">{{cite web|last1=Goddard|first1=Cliff|title=Semantic Molecules|url=https://intranet.secure.griffith.edu.au/schools-departments/natural-semantic-metalanguage/what-is-nsm/semantic-molecules|website=NSM Homepage|access-date=2 February 2018}}</ref>

Examples of proposed universal molecules:
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! Body parts
| hands, mouth, eyes, head, ears, nose, face, teeth, fingers, breast, skin, bones, blood
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! Physical
| long, round, flat, thin, hard, soft, sharp, smooth, heavy
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! Biosocial
| children, men, women, be born, mother, father, wife, husband
|}