Числата в когнитивната лингвистика. Определяне прототипа на префикса ЗА-: честотност или яркост
Numbers in cognitive linguistics. Defining the prototype of the prefix ZA-: frequency vs. salience

Summary/Abstract: This paper applies quantitative and empirical methods, developed for analyzing linguistic phenomena, to the highly polysemous Bulgarian prefix ZA-, which has almost completely lost its spatial meaning. It aims to determine the prototype of ZA-, which is its central meaning, and to find motivation for relating the other senses to the systematic network. In this study we look at the interplay between frequency and salience and describe the major paths in which the meaning of ZA- develops from the oldest attested meaning of the cognate preposition ZA (Behind) to the extension into the domain of grammatical aspect (Ingressiveness).

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