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The Russian prefix pod- from the viewpoint of lexical concepts
Authors: Viimaranta Johanna
Publisher: Cambridge Journals
Publishing place: Cambridge
Publication year: 2014
Journal: Language and Cognition
Volume: 6
Issue: 4
First page : 462
Last page: 491
eISSN: 1866-9859
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/ langcog.2014.11
Abstract
The Russian prefi x pod- has several meanings, both concrete ones
having to do with approaching or being under or down, and a series of
seemingly unrelated abstract meanings such as imitating, ingratiating,
or doing in secret. This paper approaches the polysemy of pod- from
the viewpoint of the Theory of Lexical Concepts and Conceptual
Models (LCCM) that sees word meaning not as a permanent property
of words, but as a dynamic process in which context and accessed
non-linguistic knowledge representation play an important role. This
approach uses the notion of lexical concepts to describe the mediating
unit between concrete linguistic examples and cognitive models that
these examples are connected to. The 505 verbs analyzed bring up the
lexical concepts [UNDER], [VERTICAL MOVEMENT], [CLOSE],
and [CONTACT]. The connection of these lexical concepts with
certain metaphorical and metonymical models is also discussed. Twelve
of the 505 verbs are examined more closely in diff erent contexts with
the help of twenty-nine illustrative examples from the spoken corpus
of the Russian National Corpus
The Russian prefix pod- has several meanings, both concrete ones
having to do with approaching or being under or down, and a series of
seemingly unrelated abstract meanings such as imitating, ingratiating,
or doing in secret. This paper approaches the polysemy of pod- from
the viewpoint of the Theory of Lexical Concepts and Conceptual
Models (LCCM) that sees word meaning not as a permanent property
of words, but as a dynamic process in which context and accessed
non-linguistic knowledge representation play an important role. This
approach uses the notion of lexical concepts to describe the mediating
unit between concrete linguistic examples and cognitive models that
these examples are connected to. The 505 verbs analyzed bring up the
lexical concepts [UNDER], [VERTICAL MOVEMENT], [CLOSE],
and [CONTACT]. The connection of these lexical concepts with
certain metaphorical and metonymical models is also discussed. Twelve
of the 505 verbs are examined more closely in diff erent contexts with
the help of twenty-nine illustrative examples from the spoken corpus
of the Russian National Corpus
The Russian prefi x pod- has several meanings, both concrete ones
having to do with approaching or being under or down, and a series of
seemingly unrelated abstract meanings such as imitating, ingratiating,
or doing in secret. This paper approaches the polysemy of pod- from
the viewpoint of the Theory of Lexical Concepts and Conceptual
Models (LCCM) that sees word meaning not as a permanent property
of words, but as a dynamic process in which context and accessed
non-linguistic knowledge representation play an important role. This
approach uses the notion of lexical concepts to describe the mediating
unit between concrete linguistic examples and cognitive models that
these examples are connected to. The 505 verbs analyzed bring up the
lexical concepts [UNDER], [VERTICAL MOVEMENT], [CLOSE],
and [CONTACT]. The connection of these lexical concepts with
certain metaphorical and metonymical models is also discussed. Twelve
of the 505 verbs are examined more closely in diff erent contexts with
the help of twenty-nine illustrative examples from the spoken corpus
of the Russian National Corpus
The Russian prefix pod- has several meanings, both concrete ones
having to do with approaching or being under or down, and a series of
seemingly unrelated abstract meanings such as imitating, ingratiating,
or doing in secret. This paper approaches the polysemy of pod- from
the viewpoint of the Theory of Lexical Concepts and Conceptual
Models (LCCM) that sees word meaning not as a permanent property
of words, but as a dynamic process in which context and accessed
non-linguistic knowledge representation play an important role. This
approach uses the notion of lexical concepts to describe the mediating
unit between concrete linguistic examples and cognitive models that
these examples are connected to. The 505 verbs analyzed bring up the
lexical concepts [UNDER], [VERTICAL MOVEMENT], [CLOSE],
and [CONTACT]. The connection of these lexical concepts with
certain metaphorical and metonymical models is also discussed. Twelve
of the 505 verbs are examined more closely in diff erent contexts with
the help of twenty-nine illustrative examples from the spoken corpus
of the Russian National Corpus
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