Publication details
The embodied sources of purpose expressions in Latin
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| Year of publication | 2016 |
| Type | Chapter of a book |
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| Description | T is chapter examines the phrasal means of encoding the semantic role ofpurpose in Latin. A f er discussing the notion of semantic role and its use incognitive linguistics, we illustrate the conceptual relation between the notionaldomains of space and causation. On this basis, we analyze the source of purposeexpressions in Latin, which are mainly based on direction (bare dative and theallative markers, i.e. ad / in + accusative), but also include prepositional phrasesmetaphorically derived from location (e.g. per + accusative, pr o + ablative, propter + accusative), or metonymically spreading from reason to purpose (as inthe case of causal markers such as genitive + caus a and grati a ). |