Lexicography and Ethnographic Semantics

TitleLexicography and Ethnographic Semantics
Publication TypeMiscellaneous
Year of Publication1994
AuthorsFillmore, C. J.
Page(s)27-48
Other Numbers3830
Abstract

orspeakersofEnglish,knowinghowtousetheprepositionin,init~mostbasiclocation-specifyingmeaning,requireshavingaccesstoaconceptualstructurethatwecanrefertoascontainn1e11tintermsof\vhichitispossibletolocateoneentity,linguistically,withreferencetotheinteriorofanotherentity.Knowingtheprepositiononandhowtouseit(thebooksonthesl1elf,themirroronthewall,thefrescoontheceiling)requiresaschemainvolvingsurfacecontactandsupport.SpeakersofEnglishalsoknowimplicitlythatthesesameconceptualstructuresarealsoexploitedforunderstandingotherprepositionsandpreposition-complexesinEnglish,suchasintoandoutofalongsideofin,andontoandoffofalongsideofon.

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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