A Cognitive Perspective on Spatial Prepositions
Intertwining networks
Authors
A Cognitive Perspective on Spatial Prepositions: Intertwining networks is devoted to the issue of the relation between language and thought approached from the perspective of spatial relations encoded by four equivalent spatial prepositions – English to, German zu, Polish do and Russian к. 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.
[Human Cognitive Processing, 74] 2022. xiii, 242 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
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List of figures | pp. ix–x
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List of tables | p. xi
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Preface | pp. xiii–xiv
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Chapter 1. Introduction | pp. 1–14
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Chapter 2. Prepositions in the subject literature | pp. 15–40
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Chapter 3. Construal of spatial scenes and meaning construction | pp. 41–48
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Chapter 4. Prepositions to, zu, do, and к as conceptual categories | pp. 49–54
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Chapter 5. Image schema, metonymy and metaphor | pp. 55–64
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Chapter 6. Method of analysis | pp. 65–72
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Chapter 7. The characteristics of the established prepositional senses | pp. 73–184
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Chapter 8. Discussion of results | pp. 185–222
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Chapter 9. Conclusions | pp. 223–228
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Bibliography | pp. 229–240
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Index
Subjects & Metadata
BIC Subject: CFG – Semantics, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis
BISAC Subject: LAN016000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics
U.S. Library of Congress Control Number: 2022030411