Title: On the Schematic Distinction of Preposition XIANG and WANG
Abstract:Based on previous studies and analysis of a large amount of corpus,this paper holds that the essential distinction between prepositions XIANG and WANG lies in the difference between their image schema...Based on previous studies and analysis of a large amount of corpus,this paper holds that the essential distinction between prepositions XIANG and WANG lies in the difference between their image schemas. Prepositon XIANG abstracts its object as a prominentpoint,while preposition WANG focus on the path of a trajactor,corresponding to the lineschema. The distinction between two schemas deter- mines their different fetures of many aspects.Read More
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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