02305nam 2200565 450 991081499690332120230803195751.01-4438-6725-X(CKB)2670000000568548(EBL)1790921(SSID)ssj0001407160(PQKBManifestationID)11801352(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001407160(PQKBWorkID)11409195(PQKB)10285386(MiAaPQ)EBC1790921(Au-PeEL)EBL1790921(CaPaEBR)ebr10934872(CaONFJC)MIL645739(OCoLC)891356006(EXLCZ)99267000000056854820140929h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCognitive perspective on the polysemy of the English spatial preposition over /by Maria BrendaNewcastle upon Tyne, England :Cambridge Scholars Publishing,2014.©20141 online resource (311 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4438-6047-6 1-322-14484-2 Includes bibliographical references.TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CONCLUSIONThis volume investigates the English spatial preposition over and prepositions in general, frequently regarded as function words with little semantic content, and shows that they encode rich and diverse information, both grammatical and semantic. An important research endeavor which the present study undertakes is an examination of whether the meaning of the preposition over is in fact complex enough for the preposition to be treated as a lexical unit rather than merely a functional one. In o...English languagePolysemyOver (The English word)English languagePolysemy.Over (The English word)420Brenda Maria1153398MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814996903321Cognitive perspective on the polysemy of the English spatial preposition over3929265UNINA