Title: A Cognitive Semantic Study on Preposition-AT-ON-IN
Abstract:Having image schema as a focus and from the aspect of cognitive linguistics, this article discusses pro-cesses in building conceptual metaphorical meanings from some spatial words. By considering conc...Having image schema as a focus and from the aspect of cognitive linguistics, this article discusses pro-cesses in building conceptual metaphorical meanings from some spatial words. By considering conceptual metaphorical meanings of the words AT - IN - ON, we find that schema is the path to spatial conceptual metaphorical meanings and similarity is the cognitive basis to build those meanings. The author deals with func-tions of human body experience and cognitive processes in building abstract meanings.Read More
Publication Year: 2003
Publication Date: 2003-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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