A diachronic semantic map for the Latin preposition secundum

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C. Guardamagna
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Abstract

Abstract This paper plugs a gap in the literature by providing a corpus-based diachronic semantic analysis of the preposition secundum while also contributing to a larger body of cognitive-functional studies of prepositions. The data, retrieved from the Latin Library corpus prose section and spanning a period of over 800 years, are analyzed from both a qualitative and a quantitative point of view. The meanings of secundum are grouped into three cognitive-functional domains (the spatio-temporal one, the domain of logical relations and the (inter)subjective domain) within and across which metaphorical and metonymic links are identified. On the basis of these data, a conceptual space is drawn on which four semantic maps are carved, representing four different stages of evolution in the semantics of secundum. The semantic change undergone by secundum supports the idea of the centrality of the spatio-temporal domains and shows a gradual tendency towards (inter)subjectification – in line with a plethora of studies within grammaticalization theory and semantic change. Particularly interesting is the development of the meanings of evidentiality and attribution, two meanings that had been previously overlooked. The semantic space identified has potential cross-linguistic applications.
拉丁语介词secundum的历时语义图
本文通过对介词second的语料库历时语义分析填补了文献空白,同时也为介词的认知功能研究做出了贡献。从拉丁图书馆语料库散文部分检索的数据跨越800多年,从定性和定量的角度进行了分析。second - um的意义可分为三个认知功能域(时空域、逻辑关系域和(间)主观域),在这三个认知功能域内和跨域识别隐喻和转喻联系。在这些数据的基础上,绘制了一个概念空间,在此空间上雕刻了四张语义图,代表了second undum语义的四个不同发展阶段。second - undum所经历的语义变化支持了时空域中心性的观点,并显示出一种逐渐(相互)主体化的趋势,这与语法化理论和语义变化的大量研究一致。特别有趣的是证据性和归因的含义的发展,这两个含义以前被忽视了。所识别的语义空间具有潜在的跨语言应用。
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