Metaphor as the tool for creating non-spatial meanings of the English preposition “under”

Studia Humanitatis

Komarov Egor Valeryevich¹ 

[1] Saint Petersburg National Research Academic University of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Saint Petersburg, Russia);

关键词: preposition;    semantic structure;    figurative meanings of spatial prepositions;    cognitive metaphor theory;    conceptual metaphor;    corpus linguistics;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The present study operates within cognitive linguistics. Its object is the semantic structure of the English preposition “under”, and its aim is to reveal the conceptual domains which are expressed verbally via non-spatial meanings of the preposition. The study was conducted using the dictionary and corpus data. Seven conceptual domains were found: “time / quantity”; “process / situation”; “impact / contact”; “law / rules / limitations”; “power / hierarchy”; “written discourse / text”; “hidden truth”. The study also revealed conceptual metaphors serving as the cognitive basis for the development of the non-spatial meanings of “under”.

【 授权许可】

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