A cognitive semantic analysis of locative and spatial constructions in Bangla
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Sanjukta Ghosh
Abstract
This paper examines certain spatial constructions in Bangla by identifying and describing locative and spatial postpositions used in different spatial constructions. The initial data are based on the Topological Relation Picture Series (TRPS) description. This is an exploratory study for Bangla locative and spatial postpositions in a cognitive semantics framework. For describing location, Bangla uses two main types of construction: first, Trajector-Landmark + Locative marker-copula and, second, Trajector-Landmark + GEN-Postposition-Verb-Copula. Bangla is observed to have 14 spatial postpositions for the TRPS picture description. These are derived from spatial nouns and are marked with locative case. The paper shows that apart from postpositions and locative markers, the copula verb also plays an important role in the cognition of space in Bangla.
Abstract
This paper examines certain spatial constructions in Bangla by identifying and describing locative and spatial postpositions used in different spatial constructions. The initial data are based on the Topological Relation Picture Series (TRPS) description. This is an exploratory study for Bangla locative and spatial postpositions in a cognitive semantics framework. For describing location, Bangla uses two main types of construction: first, Trajector-Landmark + Locative marker-copula and, second, Trajector-Landmark + GEN-Postposition-Verb-Copula. Bangla is observed to have 14 spatial postpositions for the TRPS picture description. These are derived from spatial nouns and are marked with locative case. The paper shows that apart from postpositions and locative markers, the copula verb also plays an important role in the cognition of space in Bangla.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter i
- Preface vii
- Contents xi
- Acknowledgements xiii
- On the syntax of comparative clauses in Vedic Sanskrit … like someone eating the foam off the water 1
- Some questions about yád in Vedic 23
- A statistical model of syntactic and nonsyntactic factors affecting relative clause placement in Hindi 43
- Optionality and variation in agreement in some participles in Hindi-Urdu 77
- A cross-linguistic approach to sentential subjects in Kannada 119
- Relation between animacy and case marking in Eastern Indo-Aryan languages 173
- Participles with a semantic void in Koints 191
- Competition between vectored verbs and factored verbs in Hindi-Urdu, Marathi and Gujarati 207
- How similarly do Hindi rakhnā and Japanese oku PUT behave as a V2? A corpus-based comparative analysis 243
- The use of vector verbs in early modern Tamil 261
- Reflexive and reciprocal marking in Mising 291
- Reciprocals in Kokborok — A Case of Syntactic Convergence 311
- A cognitive semantic analysis of locative and spatial constructions in Bangla 339
- Revisiting Pāṇini’s generative power 361
- Hindi root allomorphy: Insights from phonological and morphosyntactic theory 381
- Lexeme and speech syllables in English and Hindi. A case for syllable structure 415
- List of contributors 463
- List of contributors 469
- Index of languages 477
- Index of subjects 479
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter i
- Preface vii
- Contents xi
- Acknowledgements xiii
- On the syntax of comparative clauses in Vedic Sanskrit … like someone eating the foam off the water 1
- Some questions about yád in Vedic 23
- A statistical model of syntactic and nonsyntactic factors affecting relative clause placement in Hindi 43
- Optionality and variation in agreement in some participles in Hindi-Urdu 77
- A cross-linguistic approach to sentential subjects in Kannada 119
- Relation between animacy and case marking in Eastern Indo-Aryan languages 173
- Participles with a semantic void in Koints 191
- Competition between vectored verbs and factored verbs in Hindi-Urdu, Marathi and Gujarati 207
- How similarly do Hindi rakhnā and Japanese oku PUT behave as a V2? A corpus-based comparative analysis 243
- The use of vector verbs in early modern Tamil 261
- Reflexive and reciprocal marking in Mising 291
- Reciprocals in Kokborok — A Case of Syntactic Convergence 311
- A cognitive semantic analysis of locative and spatial constructions in Bangla 339
- Revisiting Pāṇini’s generative power 361
- Hindi root allomorphy: Insights from phonological and morphosyntactic theory 381
- Lexeme and speech syllables in English and Hindi. A case for syllable structure 415
- List of contributors 463
- List of contributors 469
- Index of languages 477
- Index of subjects 479
