Embodied semantic parameters for the lexical representation of spatial relational categories
Ignasi Navarro i Ferrando
Abstract:This paper proposes an explanatory model for the lexical representation of the native speakers’ lexical knowledge
of English prepositions. Lexical knowledge of prepositions as relational predicates includes argument structure
(trajector-landmark) as in Cognitive Grammar, situation types (position vs state) as in Functional
Grammar, lexical hierarchies (spatial subdomains) based on semantic primitives, as in Natural Semantic
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