Semantics of English Prepositions: Spatial Scenes, Embodied Meaning, and Cognition

Name: Semantics of English Prepositions: Spatial Scenes, Embodied Meaning, and Cognition
ISBN: 9780521814300

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Author: Andrea Tyler

ISBN-10: 0521814308

ISBN-13: 9780521814300

Category: Linguistics & Semiotics

Provides a comprehensive, theoretical analysis of the semantics of English prepositions.

PrefaceAcknowledgements1The nature of meaning12Embodied meaning and spatial experience233Towards a model of principled polysemy: spatial scenes and conceptualization374The semantic network for over645The vertical axis1076Spatial particles of orientation1327Bounded landmarks1788Conclusion229References238Index246