Title: Image Schemas of "at,on,in" and Their Metaphorical Meanings
Abstract:This paper analyzes prepositions at,on,in by using the useful cognitive instrument image schemas and the orientation metaphor theory of cognitive linguistics and investigates the cognitive motivation ...This paper analyzes prepositions at,on,in by using the useful cognitive instrument image schemas and the orientation metaphor theory of cognitive linguistics and investigates the cognitive motivation which causes the extension of the original meanings of at,on,in to their metaphorical meanings.Read More
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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Title: $Image Schemas of "at,on,in" and Their Metaphorical Meanings
Abstract: This paper analyzes prepositions at,on,in by using the useful cognitive instrument image schemas and the orientation metaphor theory of cognitive linguistics and investigates the cognitive motivation which causes the extension of the original meanings of at,on,in to their metaphorical meanings.