A corpus based analysis of English, Swedish, Polish, and Russian prepositions

Authors

  • Barbara Gawronska School of Humanities and Informatics, University of Skövde, Sweden Author
  • Olga Nikolaenkova Department of Linguistics, University of Athens, Greece Author
  • Björn Erlendsson School of Humanities and Informatics, University of Skövde, Sweden Author

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https://doi.org/10.36505/ExLing-2006/01/0028/000028

Abstract

In this study, the use of spatial prepositions in English, Polish, Swedish, and Russian is analyzed. Prepositions and their contexts are extracted from corpora by means of concordance tools. The collostructional strength between prepositions and frequent nouns in the PPs (Gries et al. 2005) is then computed in order to get a more detailed picture of the contexts in which a given preposition is likely to appear. The results of the investigation are then analysed within the framework of cognitive semantics, especially Croft and Cruse's (2004) taxonomy of construal operations, and Talmy’s (2005) classification of spatial images.

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Gries, S.Th, Hampe, B., and Schönefeld, D. 2005. Converging evidence: Bringing together experimental and corpus data on the association of verbs and constructions. Cognitive Linguistics 16-4, pp. 635-676.

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01-01-2006

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Vol. 1 (2006): Proceedings of the 1st Tutorial and Research Workshop on Experimental Linguistics

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Proceedings Papers

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A corpus based analysis of English, Swedish, Polish, and Russian prepositions. (2006). Linguistic Proceedings Series, 1(1), 137-140. https://doi.org/10.36505/ExLing-2006/01/0028/000028

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