Lexicography and Ethnographic Semantics
Title | Lexicography and Ethnographic Semantics |
Publication Type | Miscellaneous |
Year of Publication | 1994 |
Authors | Fillmore, C. J. |
Page(s) | 27-48 |
Other Numbers | 3830 |
Abstract | orspeakersofEnglish,knowinghowtousetheprepositionin,init~mostbasiclocation-specifyingmeaning,requireshavingaccesstoaconceptualstructurethatwecanrefertoascontainn1e11tintermsof\vhichitispossibletolocateoneentity,linguistically,withreferencetotheinteriorofanotherentity.Knowingtheprepositiononandhowtouseit(thebooksonthesl1elf,themirroronthewall,thefrescoontheceiling)requiresaschemainvolvingsurfacecontactandsupport.SpeakersofEnglishalsoknowimplicitlythatthesesameconceptualstructuresarealsoexploitedforunderstandingotherprepositionsandpreposition-complexesinEnglish,suchasintoandoutofalongsideofin,andontoandoffofalongsideofon. |
URL | http://www.icsi.berkeley.edu/pubs/ai/lexicographyethnographic94.pdf |
Bibliographic Notes | Plenary Talk, Supplement to the Proceedings of the 6th EURALEX International Congress, Amsterdam, pp.27-48 |
Abbreviated Authors | C. J. Fillmore |
ICSI Research Group | AI |
ICSI Publication Type | Talk or presentation |