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The semantics of spatial prepositions: the main trends of research
Taikomoji kalbotyra, 2017 The paper overviews the main trends of research into the semantics of spatial prepositions, as demonstrated by a plethora of papers on linguistic data from a variety of languages. The more traditional approach focuses on the locative meaning with respect to other words—both syntagmatically and in paradigms, thus ruling out pragmatics—and considers ...
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Semantic , Syntactic and Usage Propertiers of English Spatial Prepositions
, 2008 Bakalaura darbs aplūko angļu vietas prievārdu semantiskās, sintaktiskās un lietojuma īpašības kopumā, kā arī īpaši pēta angļu vietas prievārdus in, on un at.
Vaščenkova, Jeļena
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A system of spatial categorization represented in the semantic relations between prepositions [PDF]
, 2004 AA11529669The investigation of spatial categorization in English, especially the linguistic categorization of spatial concepts, has been devoted to the study of prepositions.
TAKEHANA, Keiko, 竹鼻, 圭子
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Applying cognitive linguistics to pedagogical grammar: the english prepositions of verticality
Revista Brasileira de Linguística Aplicada, 2005 In this paper, we illustrate the merit of applying insights from Cognitive Linguistics to pedagogical grammar. We do so by examining English prepositions, long assumed to be one of the most difficult areas of acquisition for second language learners. The
Vyvyan Evans, Andrea Tyler
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, 2023 Acquiring English as a target language is a very challenging process. The target language has many elements that are distinctive in its role and function.
Ramadani Aqifi, Adelina
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Rasprave Instituta za Hrvatski Jezik i Jezikoslovlje, 2006 This article analyzes the meaning of the Croatian preposition pri and its relation to the general meaning of the locative case. The analysis shows how spatial meanings are extended into non-spatial domains.
Ljiljana Šarić
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RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics, 2011 The article analyses spatial relations in Russian and Chinese from the cognitive-and semantic point of view using the example of Russian spatial prepositions «в» and «на».
- Man Sia
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Another Look at Modi!cation in Spatial Prepositions
, 2013 The goal of this paper is to propose a uni!cation of two strands of research within the semantics of spatial prepositions. The !rst strand focuses on the socalled modi!cation problem, which can be stated as follows.
Akagi, Nobuaki +1 more
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Cultural and Language Influences on the Interpretation of Spatial Prepositions [PDF]
, 2020 Culture and language can influence the generation and interpretation of spatial language, which would impact the quality of computational spatial language processing.
Mark M Hall, Christopher B Jones
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Cultural and Language Influences on the Interpretation of Spatial Prepositions [PDF]
, 2012 Culture and language can influence the generation and interpretation of spatial language, which would impact the quality of computational spatial language processing.
Hall, Mark M. +3 more
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