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ON THE SEMANTIC STRUCTURE OF THE VERBAL PARTICLE 'BELE' (INTO)

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Szili K.

Magyar Nyelv (Hungarian Language)

2007

vol. 103

issue 2

163-178

This paper applies semantic and syntactic analytical devices and relies on the concept of metaphor of cognitive linguistics to find out under what circumstances derivatives of verbs with the verbal particle 'bele' (into) and those with 'be' (in) can be mutually substituted for one another, as well as what occurrences can be typically restricted to one or the other particle. Three typical cases of the use of those two particles can be differentiated. 1. Their functions are strictly disjoint. The main factors that may frustrate their interchangeability are as follows: the grammaticalization of 'be', the evacuation of its directional meaning (its becoming a marker of perfectivity); semantic properties of the arguments (e.g., only derivatives involving 'be' occur with arguments meaning any kind of 'room', whereas certain 'container' metaphors attract forms involving 'bele'). - 2. The functions of the two particles largely overlap, with just a few exceptions. In such cases, no syntactic consequence can be observed in the phrases involving the verbs (a 'null morpheme' marking), a crucial but not indispensable requirement of interchangeability. - 3. In the most problematic groups of cases, to various extents, the occurrence of one of the two particles can be said to be more appropriate. 'Bele' can take over the role of 'be' mainly where the semantic character of 'material' or 'container' of the illative argument is foregrounded.

A COGNITIVE SEMANTIC SKETCH ON PREVERB–VERB COMBINATIONS

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Tolcsvai-Nagy G.

Magyar Nyelv (Hungarian Language)

2005

vol. 101

issue 1

27-43

This paper presents the semantics of preverb-verb combinations as semantic structures in a cognitive linguistics framework. The presentation sketches a semantic description of prototypical preverb-verb combinations as the default case, using the methodology of Langacker's theory of semantic structure and composite structure, and as an implementation of blending elaborated by Fauconnier. The basis of discussion is the functional cognitive principle claiming that the meanings of linguistic units and expressions, as well as their structures emerging from their meanings, are of a semantic, eventually conceptual and empirical, origin. Accordingly, the general semantic characterisation of preverb-verb combinations is followed by the discussion of some sentence semantic issues involving such combinations.

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ON THE SEMANTIC STRUCTURE OF THE VERBAL PARTICLE 'BELE' (INTO)

A COGNITIVE SEMANTIC SKETCH ON PREVERB–VERB COMBINATIONS