From Space to Grammar

Name: From Space to Grammar
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Semantic Change of English Prepositions About and Around: A Grammaticalization Perspective

Szerző: Kyou-Dong Ahn

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Kötés: Puha kötésű

Kiadó: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.

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This book investigates semantic change of English prepositions about and around from lexical source...

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Szerző

Kyou-Dong Ahn

Nyelv

Angol

Kötés

Könyv - Puha kötésű

Kiadva

2008

oldal

128

EAN

9783639053555

ISBN

3639053559

Enbook ID

06814828

Kiadó

VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.

Súly

181

Méretek

152 x 229 x 7

Teljes leírás

This book investigates semantic change of English prepositions about and around from lexical source to various extended meanings, describing the developmental paths and the operations of change mechanisms. Five major mechanisms of semantic change are invoked here to explain such semantic changes, i.e. metaphor, metonymy, subjectification, generalization, and frame-of-focus variation. Metaphorical transfer extends formerly concrete meanings that made reference to physical space onto more abstract meanings. Metonymic transfer extends the meanings based on conceptual contiguity of various kinds. Generalization changes relatively specific meanings or meanings largely restricted to a particular domain into those that could be used in larger contexts. Subjectification changes meanings formerly associated with description of the external world into those associated with personal emotion and evaluation by way of anthropocentricity and egocentricity. Finally, variation of the frame of focus on the source schema gives rise to various meanings that may look irrelevant. This book shows that semantic change is a complex process in which multifarious factors and mechanisms interplay.

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