How do Typological Studies Explain the Semantic Changes of English Complex Prepositions?
The purpose of this study is to investigate the semantic changes of English complex prepositions and to argue that they are explained on the basis of two possible mechanisms of semantic change.
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Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra
2014-07-01
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2478/topling-2014-0003 |
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| author | Yamaguchi Kazuyuki |
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| description | The purpose of this study is to investigate the semantic changes of English complex prepositions and to argue that they are explained on the basis of two possible mechanisms of semantic change. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c7f8dfac748d4e158e9e73ac1af4cb802024-04-02T06:10:33ZengConstantine the Philosopher University in NitraTopics in Linguistics1337-75902199-65042014-07-0113110.2478/topling-2014-0003topling-2014-0003How do Typological Studies Explain the Semantic Changes of English Complex Prepositions?Yamaguchi Kazuyuki0Nippon Sport Science University, Tokyo-Setagaya Campus, Foreign Department, 7-1-1 Nippon Sport Science University, Fukasawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 158-8508, Japan.The purpose of this study is to investigate the semantic changes of English complex prepositions and to argue that they are explained on the basis of two possible mechanisms of semantic change.https://doi.org/10.2478/topling-2014-0003english complex prepositionsemantic schema preservationcausal meaning orientationtypologysemantic change (shift) |
| spellingShingle | Yamaguchi Kazuyuki How do Typological Studies Explain the Semantic Changes of English Complex Prepositions? Topics in Linguistics english complex preposition semantic schema preservation causal meaning orientation typology semantic change (shift) |
| title | How do Typological Studies Explain the Semantic Changes of English Complex Prepositions? |
| title_full | How do Typological Studies Explain the Semantic Changes of English Complex Prepositions? |
| title_fullStr | How do Typological Studies Explain the Semantic Changes of English Complex Prepositions? |
| title_full_unstemmed | How do Typological Studies Explain the Semantic Changes of English Complex Prepositions? |
| title_short | How do Typological Studies Explain the Semantic Changes of English Complex Prepositions? |
| title_sort | how do typological studies explain the semantic changes of english complex prepositions |
| topic | english complex preposition semantic schema preservation causal meaning orientation typology semantic change (shift) |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/topling-2014-0003 |
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