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A survey of some Spanish spatial prepositions

Author(s): Beata Brzozowska-Zburzyńska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: KSIĘGARNIA AKADEMICKA Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: Spanish; space; prepositions

Summary/Abstract: In this paper we will present the functioning of the Spanish prepositions that correspond to three spatial dimensions: vertical, front-back, and inside-outside axes, applying the concepts of a cognitive methodology. We will analyze prototype and not prototype constellations of semantic characteristics of those prepositions.

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 08
  • Page Range: 57-73
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish