Title: A Cognitive Study of the Image Schema and Metaphorical Extension of the Preposition "at"
Abstract: This paper has investigated the basic spatial semantics and image schemata of the preposition at from the perspective of cognition.Basing on the basic spatial semantics the preposition at has extended four kinds of deep spatial semantics.Furthermore,by means of spatial metaphors,this word has extended five kinds of metaphorical meanings which do not refer to the spatial relation.In the meanwhile,by analyzing the relation between the spatial semantics and the non-spatial semantics of the preposition at,this paper helps learners recognize and understand this word better.
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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