PROTOTYPES, MEANINGS AND MOTION: COGNITIVE EVOLUTION OF SPANISH ACOSTARSE

The aim of this paper is to analyse the Spanish verb acostarse, following the theoretical tools established by Geeraerts (1997). From the perspective of Cognitive Semantics, linguistic categories evolve from prototypic to new meanings as a result of metonymic or metaphorical projections along the hi...

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Main Author: Jorge Fernandez Jaen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Murcia 2007-06-01
Series:International Journal of English Studies (IJES)
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Online Access:http://revistas.um.es/ijes/article/view/48821