When we talk about the semantics of prepositional phrases, we are talking about a specific kind of conventionalized pattern. Conventional patterns are arbitrary in the sense that they are not predictable from one language to another. But in another way, they are nevertheless motivated (Sweetser 1990). There is a reason they occur as they do. Basic cognitive processes influence how different prepositions extend from spatial meanings to more abstract ones.
Constructions
Last year, we shared our SBL paper from the Cognitive Linguistics session, “Constructions and the Source-Path-Goal Schema”. ventually, we realized that it was more practical to just upload the video as a whole. We only realized that we never shared the full video until today when a friend expressed appreciation to us for our paper. So without further ado, Constructions and the Source—Path—Goal Schema in its totality:
The complex network of SPG constructions, from our SBL 2023 presentation (YouTube), has a number of organizing properties. […]
This year saw an enormous amount of overlap across the various language-oriented sessions at SBL/AAR and Rachel and […]
These are the usages most closely tied to our embodied experience in physical space. Prototypically source constructions also […]
I uploaded my powerpoint slides from the Cambridge Greek Verb Conference to academia.edu (link at the bottom). The […]
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