A cognitive perspective on spatial prepositions: intertwining networks

"A Cognitive Perspective on Spatial Prepositions: Intertwining networks is devoted to the issue of language-thought relation approached from the perspective of spatial relations encoded by four equivalent spatial prepositions - English to, German zu, Polish do and Russian k. Regarding these pre...

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Hauptverfasser: Brenda, Maria (VerfasserIn), Mazurkiewicz-Sokołowska, Jolanta 1968- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia John Benjamins Publishing Company [2022]
Schriftenreihe:Human cognitive processing volume 74
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Zusammenfassung:"A Cognitive Perspective on Spatial Prepositions: Intertwining networks is devoted to the issue of language-thought relation approached from the perspective of spatial relations encoded by four equivalent spatial prepositions - English to, German zu, Polish do and Russian k. Regarding these prepositions as path-prepositions, the authors show that the prepositional semantic structures are conceptually grounded in the PATH and the MOTION-EVENT frames and explain that prepositional senses emerge as a result of the PATH image schema transformations and metaphorical mappings related to the EVENT STRUCTURE metaphor. Based on their findings, the authors show how senso-motoric functioning, life experience, individual knowledge, imagery and different ways in which people conceptualize the world influence the relation between language and conceptualization"
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Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (X, 242 Seiten) Illustrationen,, Diagramme
ISBN:9789027257437
DOI:10.1075/hcp.74

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