A Cognitive Perspective on Spatial Prepositions: Intertwining Networks (Human Cognitive Processing (HCP): Cognitive Foundations of Language Structure and Use, 74)

By Maria Brenda

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 . 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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9027211574
• ISBN13: 9789027211576
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: John Benjamins Pub Co
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.8" x 6.3"