An Inquiry into the Polysemy of the Preposition "bær" (on) in the Framework of Cognitive Semantics
Abstract In the Persian language, since Old Persian, /bær/ (on) has been one of the adpositions that grammatically and semantically acts as a preposition. Studying the polysemy of /bær/ (on) as a preposition is the subject of this paper, which is in the cognitive semantics framework and based on “pr...
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In the Persian language, since Old Persian, /bær/ (on) has been one of the adpositions that grammatically and semantically acts as a preposition. Studying the polysemy of /bær/ (on) as a preposition is the subject of this paper, which is in the cognitive semantics framework and based on “principled polysemy” introduced by Tyler and Evans (2001 & 2003). This study seeks to determine the core meaning and explain the semantic network of /bær/ (on) as a preposition, in addition, to investigating the role of spatial and non-spatial elements in its semantic network. This research is descriptive-analytical, and the data are extracted from the two most comprehensive dictionaries in Persian: Dehkhoda and Sokhan. The results show that /bær/ is used to represent abstract concepts systematically derived from the core meaning of /bær/, "above, on". These abstract concepts are causality, duty and responsibility, confrontation and opposition, accumulation, concomitance and companionship, and conformity and compatibility. The process of abstraction, changing the relationship between Trajectory and Landmark, and focusing on each of the configuration elements of the proto-scene are the factors that create peripheral concepts in which abstraction and non-spatialization of the core meaning have been more effective than others. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-feeb2d03756a47ebaa385b6138b4bfe42024-04-15T13:04:28ZengShahid Bahonar University of Kermanمجله مطالعات ایرانی1735-07002980-87662023-08-01224341545310.22103/jis.2023.40624062An Inquiry into the Polysemy of the Preposition "bær" (on) in the Framework of Cognitive SemanticsArsalan Golfam0Nazanin Darvishi Rokni1گروه زبانشناسی، دانشکدة علوم انسانی دانشگاه تربیت مدرس، تهران، ایرانLinguistics- hamanities- tarbiat modares- tehran- iranAbstract In the Persian language, since Old Persian, /bær/ (on) has been one of the adpositions that grammatically and semantically acts as a preposition. Studying the polysemy of /bær/ (on) as a preposition is the subject of this paper, which is in the cognitive semantics framework and based on “principled polysemy” introduced by Tyler and Evans (2001 & 2003). This study seeks to determine the core meaning and explain the semantic network of /bær/ (on) as a preposition, in addition, to investigating the role of spatial and non-spatial elements in its semantic network. This research is descriptive-analytical, and the data are extracted from the two most comprehensive dictionaries in Persian: Dehkhoda and Sokhan. The results show that /bær/ is used to represent abstract concepts systematically derived from the core meaning of /bær/, "above, on". These abstract concepts are causality, duty and responsibility, confrontation and opposition, accumulation, concomitance and companionship, and conformity and compatibility. The process of abstraction, changing the relationship between Trajectory and Landmark, and focusing on each of the configuration elements of the proto-scene are the factors that create peripheral concepts in which abstraction and non-spatialization of the core meaning have been more effective than others.https://jis.uk.ac.ir/article_4062_544f0c964c85fb24b5f0eebf331ad113.pdfkeywords: prepositionprincipled polysemycognitive linguisticssemantic network |
| spellingShingle | Arsalan Golfam Nazanin Darvishi Rokni An Inquiry into the Polysemy of the Preposition "bær" (on) in the Framework of Cognitive Semantics مجله مطالعات ایرانی keywords: preposition principled polysemy cognitive linguistics semantic network |
| title | An Inquiry into the Polysemy of the Preposition "bær" (on) in the Framework of Cognitive Semantics |
| title_full | An Inquiry into the Polysemy of the Preposition "bær" (on) in the Framework of Cognitive Semantics |
| title_fullStr | An Inquiry into the Polysemy of the Preposition "bær" (on) in the Framework of Cognitive Semantics |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Inquiry into the Polysemy of the Preposition "bær" (on) in the Framework of Cognitive Semantics |
| title_short | An Inquiry into the Polysemy of the Preposition "bær" (on) in the Framework of Cognitive Semantics |
| title_sort | inquiry into the polysemy of the preposition baer on in the framework of cognitive semantics |
| topic | keywords: preposition principled polysemy cognitive linguistics semantic network |
| url | https://jis.uk.ac.ir/article_4062_544f0c964c85fb24b5f0eebf331ad113.pdf |
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