A Glimpse of the Semantic Structure of the Bulgarian Preposition nana
This paper demonstrates the applicability of a cognitive lexical semantic analysis to some of the meanings of the highly polysemous Bulgarian preposition na. It proposes an account of the various senses of na as a radial (conceptual) category with a prototypical sense and various extensions refer...
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This paper demonstrates the applicability of a cognitive lexical semantic analysis to some of the meanings of the highly polysemous Bulgarian preposition na. It proposes an account of the various senses of na as a radial (conceptual) category with a prototypical sense and various extensions referred to as lexical concepts in the Principled Polysemy Approach developed by Tyler and Evans. Similarly, it is argued that, in addition to the spatio-geometric parameters, the core spatial lexical concept of the Bulgarian na includes also functional information from which non-spatial meanings such as ‘active state’ derive.
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| spelling | doaj.art-243ba6671a054966b21f6a3f4777786e2024-04-05T07:59:12ZengFondazione Università Ca' FoscariBalcania et Slavia2785-31872023-01-012210.30687/BES/2785-3187/2023/02/004journal_article_18115A Glimpse of the Semantic Structure of the Bulgarian Preposition nanaTsoneva-Mathewson, Snezha0Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv This paper demonstrates the applicability of a cognitive lexical semantic analysis to some of the meanings of the highly polysemous Bulgarian preposition na. It proposes an account of the various senses of na as a radial (conceptual) category with a prototypical sense and various extensions referred to as lexical concepts in the Principled Polysemy Approach developed by Tyler and Evans. Similarly, it is argued that, in addition to the spatio-geometric parameters, the core spatial lexical concept of the Bulgarian na includes also functional information from which non-spatial meanings such as ‘active state’ derive. http://doi.org/10.30687/BES/2785-3187/2023/02/004Bulgarian preposition na. Lexical concept. Polysemy. Radial category. Spatial and non-spatial meaning |
| spellingShingle | Tsoneva-Mathewson, Snezha A Glimpse of the Semantic Structure of the Bulgarian Preposition nana Balcania et Slavia Bulgarian preposition na. Lexical concept. Polysemy. Radial category. Spatial and non-spatial meaning |
| title | A Glimpse of the Semantic Structure of the Bulgarian Preposition nana |
| title_full | A Glimpse of the Semantic Structure of the Bulgarian Preposition nana |
| title_fullStr | A Glimpse of the Semantic Structure of the Bulgarian Preposition nana |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Glimpse of the Semantic Structure of the Bulgarian Preposition nana |
| title_short | A Glimpse of the Semantic Structure of the Bulgarian Preposition nana |
| title_sort | glimpse of the semantic structure of the bulgarian preposition nana |
| topic | Bulgarian preposition na. Lexical concept. Polysemy. Radial category. Spatial and non-spatial meaning |
| url | http://doi.org/10.30687/BES/2785-3187/2023/02/004 |
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