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The semantics of English prepositions : spatial scenes, embodied meaning, and cognition /

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 systematicall...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tyler, Andrea
Otros Autores: Evans, Vyvyan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 254 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-245) and index.
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