Spatial Prepositions and Metaphor: A Cognitive Semantic Journey Along the Up-down and the Front-back Dimensions |
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
5 | 29 |
LexicoSemantic Analysis | 43 |
2 | 60 |
4 | 68 |
6 | 86 |
7 | 102 |
9 | 134 |
11 | 166 |
12 | 174 |
13 | 183 |
14 | 189 |
15 | 196 |
Conclusions | 203 |
4 | 214 |
Common terms and phrases
abstract domains activates the domain adverb American corpus American English Belgium beneath British corpus British English Brown corpus central schema Cognitive Linguistics Cognitive Semantics conceived conceptual metaphors CONTAINER schema context conventional cover describe domain of physical dynamic ENDPATH entity figurative extensions figurative senses HIGH STATUS horizontal image schemas Imageable idioms imagery INDET TR conf instances instantiate L.O.B. corpus Lakoff Langacker language linguistic action LM conf LM elaboration locate a TR LOW STATUS mapped onto abstract metaphorical extensions metaphorical mapping metonymic basis motivation MOVING OBJECT objectivist occurs one's ontological metaphor overt landmark PATH schema perception polysemous primary LM profiled prototype radial categories reference point reflexive schema restricted search domain rotated schema schema onto abstract SEP relation spatial prepositions spatial senses stand metonymically static structure subjective construal SURFACE Survey and frequencies target domain tion TR LM Example TR PATH trajector typical example UNDERNEATH UP-DOWN schema visual visual perception written discourse