The semantics of English prepositions: spatial scenes, embodied meaning, and cognition
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Main Author: Tyler, Andrea (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2003
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-245) and index
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 The nature of meaning; 2 Embodied meaning and spatial experience; 3 Towards a model of principled polysemy: spatial scenes and conceptualization; 4 The semantic network for over; 5 The vertical axis; 6 Spatial particles of orientation; 7 Bounded landmarks; 8 Conclusion; References; Index
Using a cognitive linguistics perspective, this book provides the most comprehensive, theoretical analysis of the semantics of English prepositions available. The analysis offers an innovative representation of each preposition as well as a constrained set of cognitive principles which systematically account for the many non-spatial senses associated with each preposition
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 254 pages)
ISBN:0511064896
0511073356
0521814308
9780511064890
9780511073359

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