meanings of the english prepositions over, above, under, below in terms of cognitive semantics perspective = các nét nghĩa của các giới từ over, above, under, below dưới góc độ ngữ nghĩa học tri nhận tt

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY - HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGE & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST – GRADUATE STUDIES ***************** NGUYỄN TUYẾT NHUNG MEANINGS OF THE ENGLISH PRE

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY - HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGE & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

FACULTY OF POST – GRADUATE STUDIES

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NGUYỄN TUYẾT NHUNG

MEANINGS OF THE ENGLISH PREPOSITIONS

“OVER, ABOVE, UNDER, BELOW”

IN TERMS OF COGNITIVE SEMANTICS PERSPECTIVE

(Các Nét Nghĩa Của Các Giới Từ “Over, Above, Under, Below”

Dưới Góc Độ Ngữ Nghĩa Học Tri Nhận)

M.A MINOR THESIS

Major: English Linguistics Code: 60 22 15

HÀ NỘI, 2010

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY - HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGE & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

FACULTY OF POST – GRADUATE STUDIES

*****************

NGUYỄN TUYẾT NHUNG

MEANINGS OF THE ENGLISH PREPOSITIONS

“OVER, ABOVE, UNDER, BELOW”

IN TERMS OF COGNITIVE SEMANTICS PERSPECTIVE

(Các Nét Nghĩa Của Các Giới Từ “Over, Above, Under, Below”

Dưới Góc Độ Ngữ Nghĩa Học Tri Nhận)

M.A MINOR THESIS

Major: English Linguistics Code: 60 22 15

Supervisor: Dr Hà Cẩm Tâm

HÀ NỘI, 2010

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Table of contents iv

PART I: INTRODUCTION

2 Aims of the study 2

PART II: DEVELOPMENT

Chapter 1: Theoretical Background

1.1 An overview of Cognitive Linguistics and Cognitive Semantics 4

1.2 Spatial Prepositions and Semantic Perspectives on Spatial Prepositions 6

1.4 Spatial characteristics of Trajectors and Landmarks 8

Chapter 2: The Study

2.4 Data Analysis and Discussions

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PART III: CONCLUSION

3 Limitations of the Research and Suggestions for Further Research 37