공간 전치사 around와 about의 의미론적 해석과 코퍼스 기반 분석
A Corpus-based Study of the Prepositions around and about
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This corpus-based study of the prepositions around and about investigated semantic differences and similarities between the two prepositions in terms of their collocational relationship with verbs. The study revealed that the prototypical meaning of around and about affects decisions about verb collocation with the proper preposition. The analysis showed that semantic features of around lead it to collocate with verbs having the semantic feature of motion verbs which suggest ‘spatial traces’: turn, walk, gather, crowd, revolve, etc. The study also revealed that most usages of about in the corpus are for the meaning of ‘concerning’ and ‘inexactness’ even though the preposition about has the similar prototypical meaning of around.
Abstract
This corpus-based study of the prepositions around and about investigated semantic differences and similarities between the two prepositions in terms of their collocational relationship with verbs. The study revealed that the prototypical meaning of around and about affects decisions about verb collocation with the proper preposition. The analysis showed that semantic features of around lead it to collocate with verbs having the semantic feature of motion verbs which suggest ‘spatial traces’: turn, walk, gather, crowd, revolve, etc. The study also revealed that most usages of about in the corpus are for the meaning of ‘concerning’ and ‘inexactness’ even though the preposition about has the similar prototypical meaning of around.
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