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dc.identifier	ECF_article_18115
dc.title	A Glimpse of the Semantic Structure of the Bulgarian Preposition na
dc.contributor.author	Tsoneva-Mathewson Snezha
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/balcania-et-slavia/2023/2/a-glimpse-of-the-semantic-structure-of-the-bulgari/
dc.description.abstract	This paper demonstrates the applicability of a cognitive lexical semantic analysis to some of the meanings of the highly polysemous Bulgarian preposition na. It proposes an account of the various senses of na as a radial (conceptual) category with a prototypical sense and various extensions referred to as lexical concepts in the Principled Polysemy Approach developed by Tyler and Evans. Similarly, it is argued that, in addition to the spatio-geometric parameters, the core spatial lexical concept of the Bulgarian na includes also functional information from which non-spatial meanings such as ‘active state’ derive.
dc.relation.ispartof	Balcania et Slavia
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 3 \| Issue 2 \| December 2023
dc.issued	2024-04-05
dc.dateAccepted	2024-03-04
dc.dateSubmitted	2024-01-24
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2785-3187
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/BES/2785-3187/2023/02/004
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Bulgarian preposition na
dc.subject	Lexical concept
dc.subject	Polysemy
dc.subject	Radial category
dc.subject	Spatial and non-spatial meaning

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A Glimpse of the Semantic Structure of the Bulgarian Preposition na

Snezha Tsoneva-Mathewson Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv

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abstract

This paper demonstrates the applicability of a cognitive lexical semantic analysis to some of the meanings of the highly polysemous Bulgarian preposition na. It proposes an account of the various senses of na as a radial (conceptual) category with a prototypical sense and various extensions referred to as lexical concepts in the Principled Polysemy Approach developed by Tyler and Evans. Similarly, it is argued that, in addition to the spatio-geometric parameters, the core spatial lexical concept of the Bulgarian na includes also functional information from which non-spatial meanings such as ‘active state’ derive.

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April 5, 2024

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March 4, 2024

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Jan. 24, 2024

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Keywords: Lexical concept • Spatial and non-spatial meaning • Radial category • Polysemy • Bulgarian preposition na

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