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Vertical Scales in Temporal
sub
Constructions
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Knighton, Erik Joseph
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Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2014, Master of Arts, Case Western Reserve University, Cognitive Linguistics.
Abstract
Latin authors of the classical period used
sub
rarely and purposefully in a temporal construction like a polarity item with the dichotomous nouns
nox
and
lux
to convey the relative quantity of atmospheric light at dusk and dawn, implying a scale at its minimum value within an absolute frame of reference. This construction comes out of the spatial semantics of
sub
as “under” through a manipulation of metaphor, directional mappings from vertical to horizontal axes, and up-down and center-periphery image schemata. Beginning with the embodied experience of the sky as “above”, projections onto topological features such a mountains allows for negative and inceptive uses of
sub
for pragmatic scalar construal and implicature.
Committee
Mark Turner (Advisor)
Florin Berindeanu (Committee Member)
Vera Tobin (Committee Member)
Todd Oakley (Committee Member)
Pages
52 p.
Subject Headings
Classical Studies
;
Cognitive Psychology
;
Language
;
Linguistics
Keywords
cognitive linguistics
;
latin
;
polarity
;
scalar implicature
;
frame semantics
;
image schema
;
primary metaphor
;
construction grammar
;
conceptual blending
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Knighton, E. J. (2014).
Vertical Scales in Temporal
sub
Constructions
[Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1402999952
APA Style (7th edition)
Knighton, Erik.
Vertical Scales in Temporal
sub
Constructions .
2014. Case Western Reserve University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1402999952.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Knighton, Erik. "Vertical Scales in Temporal
sub
Constructions ." Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1402999952
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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