On the meaning of prepositions
Chapter 2 looks at the meanings of prepositions, their polysemy, the possible relationships between various meanings, and at the “localistic hypothesis” that spatial meanings might be in some sense (chronological, psychological, etc.) primary.
Keywords: prepositions, polysemy, localism, metaphor, cognitive linguistics
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