To postpone or change the time of a meeting? On the conceptualization of the idea of moving a planned activity to a later time Cover Image

Odwleka spotkanie czy tylko je oddala? O sposobach konceptualizowania zmiany terminu na późniejszy
To postpone or change the time of a meeting? On the conceptualization of the idea of moving a planned activity to a later time

Author(s): Karolina Lisczyk
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: verbs of movement; cognitivism

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the differences in conceptualizing the idea of moving planned activities or events to a later time. The author of the article refers to the cognitive semantics and considers five Polish verbs: oddalić, odłożyć, odciągnąć, odsunąć and odwlec. The author uses lexicographical explanations and material gathered from the National Corpus of Polish Language and Internet.

  • Issue Year: 19/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 27-39
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish