탄도체 재 정의를 통한 포르투갈어 전치사 de의 의미망 해석

Abstract

Prepositions are, per se, polysemous. This polysemic character is the principal reason that makes studies of prepositions difficult. Little has been done about the Portuguese preposition de just because of this polysemic property that has not only various meanings but incompatible meanings. This study proposes that all polysemic meanings of de can be derived from the one core image schema conceptualized according to the spatial cognition in the framework of Cognitive Linguistics. Previous works with a similar approach have the limit of not being able to derive all meanings coherently. According to this study, this comes, mainly, from the absence of the concrete selection rule for a trajector. So far, a trajector has been implicitly recognized as the most prominent. This, however, hinders locating the proper trajector semantically related to the landmark, especially in the predicate structure. As syntax is a layer projected in the line with semantic properties of each lexical item, the deep structure is the one that can show the relation of meanings or semantic dependency in hierarchized form. To locate a trajectory properly with semantic coherence not by intuitive but by logic, this study formulates a rule in terms of formal syntax. The newly formulated rule allows not only nouns but also verbs may be trajectors vis-à-vis landmarks. Designating a verb as a trajector in a predicate construction is more plausible and more natural in the semantic and syntactic aspects. It is believed that all meanings of Portuguese preposition de can be derived from the core image schema with the newly formulated trajector selection rule suggested in this study.