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In search of lost space

Published:2022-08-10 Issue:0 Volume:0 Page:
ISSN:1613-7027
Container-title:Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory
language:en
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Author:

Rojas Plata Daniel¹^ORCID,Castro Sánchez Noé Alejandro¹

Affiliation:

1. Computer Science Department , TecNM/Cenidet , Cuernavaca , Mexico

Abstract

Abstract This paper analyzes the semantics of the French and Spanish prepositions en from the point of view of diachrony. We focus on the spatial variation of their usage in both languages. Our methodological approach is based on a corpus analysis. We draw on comparable ancient texts and analyze some semantic categories that are fundamental for the spatial description. Our results reveal a fairly active evolution of prepositions with increases and decreases of usage where we did not expect them.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Linguistics and Language,Language and Linguistics

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/cllt-2022-0007/pdf

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