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Prostorová konceptualizace : UČI – SOTO a její projevy v japonském jazyce

Title in English Linguistic manifestation of spatial conceptualization of "SOTO" and "SOTO" in the Japanese Language
Authors

MATELA Jiří

Year of publication 2018
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference Vybrané aspekty kulturního vývoje Asie a Afriky
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Web Elektronická verze sborníku
Keywords cognition; Japanese; uchi soto; cognitive linguistics; space
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Description The paper introduces an approach to spatial conceptualization as a semantic component that is reflected in the structure of the Japanese language. It argues for cognitive sources of the conceptualization of "uchi" and "soto" (based on mainstream theories within the Cognitive linguistics enterprise) and presents some formal manifestations of the two aforementioned concepts in the structure of modern Japanese.

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