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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tyler, Andrea
Other Authors: Evans, Vyvyan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.