The semantics of English prepositions : spatial scenes, embodied meaning, and cognition /
Using a cognitive linguistics perspective, this book provides the most comprehensive, theoretical analysis of the semantics of English prepositions available. The analysis offers an innovative representation of each preposition as well as a constrained set of cognitive principles which systematicall...
| Основен автор: | Tyler, Andrea. |
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| Други автори: | Evans, Vyvyan. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2003.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=120332 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Semantics of English prepositions. |
| Резюме: |
Using a cognitive linguistics perspective, this book provides the most comprehensive, theoretical analysis of the semantics of English prepositions available. The analysis offers an innovative representation of each preposition as well as a constrained set of cognitive principles which systematically account for the many non-spatial senses associated with each preposition. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xii, 254 pages) : illustrations |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-245) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0511064896 9780511064890 0511073356 9780511073359 9780511486517 0511486510 9780521814300 0521814308 1280419849 9781280419843 |