The Old English Exponent for the Semantic Prime MOVE*

  1. Mateo Mendaza, R. 1
  1. 1 Universidad de La Rioja
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    Universidad de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0553yr311

Aldizkaria:
Australian Journal of Linguistics

ISSN: 0726-8602

Argitalpen urtea: 2016

Alea: 36

Zenbakia: 4

Orrialdeak: 542-559

Mota: Artikulua

DOI: 10.1080/07268602.2016.1169976 SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-84965041845 WoS: WOS:000383408200003 GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Beste argitalpen batzuk: Australian Journal of Linguistics

Gordailu instituzionala: lock_openSarbide irekia Postprint

Lotura duten proiektuak

Polos semánticos en el léxico del inglés antiguo. Construcción del significado, primitivos semánticos y formación de palabras.

2012/00006/001

Laburpena

This journal article engages in the search for the Old English exponent of the semantic prime MOVE as described within the Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM) model. For the semantics of movement and motion, this study draws on the NSM model, which selects the term MOVE as the proper primitive to express the different meanings related both to translational and internal motion. With this background, this study describes the semantic and syntactic properties of the main Old English verbs related to motion in order to select the best candidate for the exponent of MOVE. The analytical part comprises the application of four criteria of prime identification, including the textual, the morphological, the semantic and the syntactic criterion. The conclusion is reached that the verb (ge)styrian is the Old English exponent for the semantic prime MOVE. © 2016 The Australian Linguistic Society.