Many ways of moving along a path: What distinguishes prepositional and postpositional uses of Finnish path adpositions?

Huumo, Tuomas

doi:10.1016/j.lingua.2013.05.006

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“…In existing cognitive linguistic classifications of path expressions (e.g. Cuyckens 1995, Dewell 2007, Huumo 2013), one main division lies between paths construed so as to follow the actual progression of an entity (motion in space) and paths construed on a subjective [7] basis for configurations where no motion takes place. Paths of the former type will be discussed in this section and Section 4, while paths of the latter type will be discussed in Sections 5 and 6.…”

Section: Paths Of Locomotionmentioning

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“…In this article I analyze spatial and temporal uses of English path prepositions such as through , over , toward ( ), and past , as well as the less prototypical all through , all over , throughout , which specialize in the expression of a subjectively construed path along which something exists or occurs (for cognitive-linguistic approaches to different path expressions, see e.g. Talmy 2000: Chapter 3; Dewell 2007; Huumo 2013; for formal accounts, e.g. Zwarts 2005, Gawron 2007).…”

Section: Introduction: Paths and Motion In Space And Timementioning

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“…Lakoff & Johnson 1980, 1999, Moore 2014a). Based on earlier cognitive-linguistic analyses of path expressions such as Cuyckens 1995, Dewell 2007, and Huumo 2013, I identify four main ontologically distinct types of spatial paths, to be discussed in Sections 3–6, together with an assessment of potential time-path counterparts for each type. These path types are: (i) paths of locomotion , which are traversed by a moving entity, as in John jogged through the park (Section 3); (ii) paths of growing extent , which are gradually filled by an expanding entity, as in The tree we had planted quickly grew past my second-floor window (Section 4); (iii) paths of location , which are fictive-motion paths continuously filled by one stationary and typically elongated entity (for fictive motion in general, see Talmy 2000), as in The jogging path goes through the park (Section 5), and (iv) frame-setting paths , which are paths continuously filled by a homogeneous mass or by a multiplicity of entities, as in There is fog all along the coast and There are mosquitoes all through the park (Section 6).…”

Section: Introduction: Paths and Motion In Space And Timementioning

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Moving along paths in space and time

Huumo

2017

J. Ling.

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In cognitive linguistics, motion metaphors of time (e.g. Christmas is approaching, We left the crisis behind) have been actively studied during the last decades. In addition to motion verbs, prepositional expressions are an important element in such metaphors. This work combines insights from Cognitive Grammar and Conceptual Metaphor Theory to account for uses of English path prepositions in motion metaphors of time. It is argued that such expressions conceptualize time as a path where a mover is advancing. The nature of the mover varies: it can be an individual entity metaphorically in motion (e.g. We wentTHROUGHa hard winter), an extended period of time (e.g. The period of Daylight Saving Time goes onPASTSeptember), or the temporal profile of a process (e.g. I sleptTHROUGHthe afternoon). The nature of the mover correlates with the grammatical function of the path expression, which alternates between a complement of a motion verb and a free modifier. Accordingly, the time path can relate with figurative (motion-related) or veridical (duration-related) conceptualizations of time. While a spatial path is direction-neutral, a time path can, with few exceptions, only be scrutinized in the earlier $\rightarrow$ later direction.

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Section: Paths Of Locomotionmentioning

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Section: Introduction: Paths and Motion In Space And Timementioning

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Section: Introduction: Paths and Motion In Space And Timementioning

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Moving along paths in space and time

Huumo

2017

J. Ling.

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“…The use of the preposition through reinforces this sense that activity is involved. (See Huumo, 2013, for how prepositions contribute to metaphor structure; cf. Duffy & Feist, 2014, and Evans, 2003, for more discussion of differences between Moving Ego and Ego-centered Moving Time.…”

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Elaborating time in space: the structure and function of space–motion metaphors of time

Moore

2016

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This paper studies the principles according to which spatial and motion concepts metaphorically structure temporal concepts in some languages. There are two types of space–motion metaphor of time, distinguished by whether or not the metaphor is structured by a person’s perspective. “Christmas is approaching” and “We are approaching Christmas” are perspectival. “New Year’s follows Christmas” is not. This contrast in deixis and frame of reference is linguistically relevant whether the contrast has to do with imagination or external reality. Study of experiential motivations and analysis into primary metaphors helps reveal the particular ways spatial and motion concepts function in each type of metaphor. One focus is accounting for the contrasting temporal meanings that words for in-front and behind can have. For example, “Ahead of us” is later than Now, while “ahead of Christmas” is earlier than Christmas. We find that the temporal ‘directions’ expressed in the contrasting frames of reference are not opposites. Rather, they are motivated by different kinds of temporal experience. This project investigates the fundamental spatial relations that structure temporal concepts; for example co-location vs. separation. But since motion involves time, purely spatial structure is limited. Conceptual blending analysis reveals that the source and target frames of the perspectival metaphors share an aspectual – i.e., temporal – generic structure. Thus a dichotomy between ‘space’ and ‘time’ is of limited utility in describing space–motion metaphors of time. Instead, the analysis has to deal with the specific spatial and temporal concepts that function in each metaphor.

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“…There are also a few adpositions that allow alternation between the genitive and the partitive marking of their complements, reflecting a semantic opposition often characterized as boundedness vs. unboundedness. Many such adpositions are ambipositions that can be used both as prepositions or postpositions 3 (for details, see Lestrade, 2010;Huumo, 2013; for ambipositions in language typology, see Hagège, 2010).…”

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Many ways of moving along a path: What distinguishes prepositional and postpositional uses of Finnish path adpositions?

Cited by 14 publications

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Moving along paths in space and time

Moving along paths in space and time

Elaborating time in space: the structure and function of space–motion metaphors of time

Temporal frames of reference and the locative case marking of the Finnish adposition ete- ‘in front of / ahead’

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