Context, Intent and Variation in Grammaticalization by Hendrik De Smet Peter Petré Benedikt Szmrecsanyi

Author:Hendrik De Smet, Peter Petré, Benedikt Szmrecsanyi
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: De Gruyter
Published: 2023-06-09T05:23:21.959000+00:00

Figure 1: The network of Dutch over, reprinted from Cuyckens (1991).

First, Emmelien may be riding across the line (as when she moves from one lane to the other). Second, she may be riding on and along the line, staying roughly within its boundaries as she follows it. (She might be doing this as a game, or as a kind of test to enable the police to ascertain whether she is riding under the influence of alcohol). And third, Emmelien may be riding at the other side of the line (seen through the eyes of an implicit observer). For instance, imagine a group of children riding their bikes at a schoolyard, but being forbidden to cross a particular line. Sentence (1) could then be used to point out that Emmelien ignores the prohibition. The three situations that fall within the scope of (1) may then be associated with the image schemas in Figure 2. In terms of definitions, the meaning of the three readings can be described by specifying the spatial characteristics of the activity referred to by the verb: it is an activity that extends from one point to another (either within the spatial area defined by the prepositional object x, or by crossing that area), or an activity that is situated in a region construed as being to the other side of x. This yields the following definitions:

extending from a point or region at one side of x to a point or region at the other side of x, while crossing x

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