{"title":"The semantics of the polysemic Amharic word fit ‘face’","authors":"Sérgio N. Menete, Guiying Jiang","doi":"10.1075/rcl.00173.men","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/rcl.00173.men","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 This study examines the figurative conceptualization of the polysemic Amharic word fit ‘face.’\u0000 Based primarily on the “lexical approach,” the study shows how the meaning of “face” extends metaphorically and metonymically to\u0000 such abstract concepts as time, emotions, and the intellect. Most of the face-related words in Amharic are also found in other\u0000 languages, though cross-linguistic differences also exist. In the comparative study of body-part terms, a new approach is\u0000 proposed, the “encompassing approach,” which claims that the contrastive study of body-part terms cannot be confined\u0000 to a single term. Rather, it needs to consider the potential association between individual parts and specific cognitive\u0000 processes. Once these processes are considered, the cross-linguistic variations between related body-part terms become marginal.\u0000 We conclude that the (near)-universal status of body parts cannot be measured by examining the explicit use of a given part only.","PeriodicalId":509448,"journal":{"name":"Review of Cognitive Linguistics","volume":"21 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139958471","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"RA-marking, delimitation, and TA-headed directional PPs in Persian","authors":"Farhad Moezzipour, Neda Moezzipour","doi":"10.1075/rcl.00169.moe","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/rcl.00169.moe","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000In this article, we examine the semantics of RA in Persian, focusing on the aspectual notion of delimitation. Delimitation is a term commonly used in the study of aspect and information structure. We distinguish between two functions of RA: as a semantic operator that measures delimited events involving mereological theme and incremental path verbs, and as an information-structural marker where RA serves as frame-setting accusative adjuncts. We also explore the aspectuality of RA in correlation with a motion construction involving a TA-headed goal phrase within the scope of RA. The motion event with TA, representing the vector, is rendered bounded through the influence of RA, indicating the endpoint of the path. Using Croft’s (2012) two-phase dimensional model of aspect, we demonstrate that TA and RA are both associated with delimitation, but operate on different axes of boundedness – TA on the qualitative axis and RA on the temporal axis.","PeriodicalId":509448,"journal":{"name":"Review of Cognitive Linguistics","volume":"51 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139839649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"RA-marking, delimitation, and TA-headed directional PPs in Persian","authors":"Farhad Moezzipour, Neda Moezzipour","doi":"10.1075/rcl.00169.moe","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/rcl.00169.moe","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000In this article, we examine the semantics of RA in Persian, focusing on the aspectual notion of delimitation. Delimitation is a term commonly used in the study of aspect and information structure. We distinguish between two functions of RA: as a semantic operator that measures delimited events involving mereological theme and incremental path verbs, and as an information-structural marker where RA serves as frame-setting accusative adjuncts. We also explore the aspectuality of RA in correlation with a motion construction involving a TA-headed goal phrase within the scope of RA. The motion event with TA, representing the vector, is rendered bounded through the influence of RA, indicating the endpoint of the path. Using Croft’s (2012) two-phase dimensional model of aspect, we demonstrate that TA and RA are both associated with delimitation, but operate on different axes of boundedness – TA on the qualitative axis and RA on the temporal axis.","PeriodicalId":509448,"journal":{"name":"Review of Cognitive Linguistics","volume":"53 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139779739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Contrasting the semantics of prepositions through a cognitive linguistic approach","authors":"M. Kalyuga, Sofya Yunusova","doi":"10.1075/rcl.00170.kal","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/rcl.00170.kal","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Many studies on cognitive-semantic analysis focus on the patterns of polysemy of prepositions and the explanation\u0000 of how the multiple senses of prepositions are related in systematic ways. Only a few publications pay attention to the\u0000 contrastive analysis of prepositions in different languages. The article addresses this gap in research literature and aims: to\u0000 present a contrastive analysis of the English preposition on and its Italian and Russian partial equivalents in\u0000 order to uncover the main areas of semantic asymmetry between them; to compare patterns of semantic extensions (from spatial to\u0000 nonspatial senses) of these prepositions, and to determine how the similarities and differences in their spatial senses explain\u0000 the similarities and differences in their nonspatial senses. The article follows a conceptual metaphor approach. Since most of the\u0000 conceptual metaphors and metonyms are common cross-linguistically, similarities in patterns of semantic extensions of prepositions\u0000 can be explained through the conceptual metaphors and metonymies on which these extensions are based. The article also\u0000 demonstrates how the similarities and differences in spatial senses of the English preposition on, Italian\u0000 su, and Russian na explain the similarities and differences in their nonspatial senses.","PeriodicalId":509448,"journal":{"name":"Review of Cognitive Linguistics","volume":"68 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139808804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Contrasting the semantics of prepositions through a cognitive linguistic approach","authors":"M. Kalyuga, Sofya Yunusova","doi":"10.1075/rcl.00170.kal","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/rcl.00170.kal","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Many studies on cognitive-semantic analysis focus on the patterns of polysemy of prepositions and the explanation\u0000 of how the multiple senses of prepositions are related in systematic ways. Only a few publications pay attention to the\u0000 contrastive analysis of prepositions in different languages. The article addresses this gap in research literature and aims: to\u0000 present a contrastive analysis of the English preposition on and its Italian and Russian partial equivalents in\u0000 order to uncover the main areas of semantic asymmetry between them; to compare patterns of semantic extensions (from spatial to\u0000 nonspatial senses) of these prepositions, and to determine how the similarities and differences in their spatial senses explain\u0000 the similarities and differences in their nonspatial senses. The article follows a conceptual metaphor approach. Since most of the\u0000 conceptual metaphors and metonyms are common cross-linguistically, similarities in patterns of semantic extensions of prepositions\u0000 can be explained through the conceptual metaphors and metonymies on which these extensions are based. The article also\u0000 demonstrates how the similarities and differences in spatial senses of the English preposition on, Italian\u0000 su, and Russian na explain the similarities and differences in their nonspatial senses.","PeriodicalId":509448,"journal":{"name":"Review of Cognitive Linguistics","volume":"40 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139868654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}