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The Experience of Space

The Privileged Role of Spacial Prefixation in Czech and Russian

by Sarah Shull (Author)
©2003 Thesis X, 239 Pages
Open Access
Series: Slavistische Beiträge, Volume 419

Summary

Cognitive linguistic research suggests that Slavic verbal prefix semantics may be profitably described by assuming a spatial prototype, and that non-spatial (abstract) prefixes derive metaphorically from this prototype. This dissertation uses a cognitive linguistic framework to establish a concise, systematic description of prototypes for prefixes and prepositions in Russian and Czech, and evaluates the nature of the relationship among the various senses of prefixes. The research presented here is aimed at carefully establishing the spatial meaning of prefixes. The primary motive for this research, however, is to evaluate the nature of the relation between spatial uses and abstract uses and to determine if abstract uses do indeed involve primarily spatial metaphor. A significant portion of the dissertation, therefore, is devoted to a discussion of the connection between spatial and abstract prefixation. A secondary purpose is to compare the spatial and abstract uses of prefixes in Czech and Russian, and to see whether differences in the verbal systems of these two languages can be correlated with underlying semantic differences at the spatial level.

Details

Pages
X, 239
Publication Year
2003
ISBN (PDF)
9783954790241
ISBN (Softcover)
9783876908397
DOI
10.3726/b12697
Open Access
CC-BY
Language
German
Publication date
2003 (January)
Keywords
Semantic features for Path preposition Prefixes and deixis Prototype vs. invariance prefix semantics Goal orientation in narration
Published
München, 2003. X, 239 S., graph. Darst., m. Literaturverz.

Biographical notes

Sarah Shull (Author)

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