A Cognitive Perspective on Spatial Prepositions
Author | : Maria Brenda |
Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2022-10-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789027257437 |
ISBN-13 | : 9027257434 |
Rating | : 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Download or read book A Cognitive Perspective on Spatial Prepositions written by Maria Brenda and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2022-10-15 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Cognitive Perspective on Spatial Prepositions: Intertwining networks is devoted to the issue of the relation between language and thought approached from the perspective of spatial relations encoded by four equivalent spatial prepositions – English to, German zu, Polish do and Russian к. Regarding these prepositions as path-prepositions, the authors show that the prepositional semantic structures are conceptually grounded in the PATH and the MOTION-EVENT frames and explain that prepositional senses emerge as a result of the PATH image schema transformations and metaphorical mappings related to the EVENT STRUCTURE metaphor. Based on their findings, the authors show how senso-motoric functioning, life experience, individual knowledge, imagery and different ways in which people conceptualize the world influence the relation between language and conceptualization.