Some Aspects of the Semantics of Prepositions, between Monosemy, Polysemy, and Homonymy

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Catherine Chauvin, « Some Aspects of the Semantics of Prepositions, between Monosemy, Polysemy, and Homonymy », Études anglaises, ID : 10670/1.bc77fc...

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This paper is a summarized presentation of a few problems having to do with the semantics of prepositions, notably the primariness of spatial uses and/or spatiality; the monosemous/polysemous/homonymous nature of prepositions; and the status and role of possible constructions, idioms or “ use types ”. An opposition between what is linked to one particular preposition and other more general uses is more particularly dwelt on, and some notions and a few examples are discussed.

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