How Seeing Is Different From Looking A Cognitive Perspective On Verb-Particle Constructions With Look And See

In Cognitive linguistics verb-particle (VP) constructions are treated as compositional and analyzable. The particles when combined with the verbs contribute to the overall meaning in the form of image schemas. This article compares the verb-particle constructions with look and see. It aims at analyz...

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Published in:Studies in Linguistics, Culture and FLT (Online) Culture and FLT (Online), 2019-11, Vol.7 (3), p.7-21
Main Author: Nedelcheva, Svetlana
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied Linguistics
cognitive approach
Cognitive linguistics
Descriptive linguistics
image schemas
Language and Literature Studies
look
see
Syntax
verb-particle constructions
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Summary:In Cognitive linguistics verb-particle (VP) constructions are treated as compositional and analyzable. The particles when combined with the verbs contribute to the overall meaning in the form of image schemas. This article compares the verb-particle constructions with look and see. It aims at analyzing the nuances of meaning of two synonymous verbs that combine with spatial particles and examines the image schemas associated with them. When the corresponding image schemas are activated they influence the VP constructions, thus they bring forth new evidence for the embodied nature of language and thought. This study also uses the theoretical framework of Construction Grammar to focus on the different ways of processing spatial and non-spatial VP constructions.
ISSN:2534-952X
2534-9538
DOI:10.46687/SILC.2019.v07.001