The iconicity of embodied meaning. Polysemy of spatial prepositions in the cognitive framework

Fieke Van der Gucht, Klaas Willems, Ludovic De Cuypere

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31 Citations (Scopus)
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)733-754
JournalLanguage Sciences
Volume29
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2007

Keywords

  • cognitive semantics
  • semantic network analysis
  • polysemy
  • prepositional meaning
  • embodiment postulate
  • context dependent uses versus distinct senses of words
  • iconicity in language
  • Locke vs. Leibniz
  • Coseriu

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