The Russian prefix pod- from the viewpoint of lexical concepts

The Russian prefi x pod- has several meanings, both concrete ones 

having to do with approaching or being under or down, and a series of 

seemingly unrelated abstract meanings such as imitating, ingratiating, 

or doing in secret. This paper approaches the polysemy of pod- from 

the viewpoint of the Theory of Lexical Concepts and Conceptual 

Models (LCCM) that sees word meaning not as a permanent property 

of words, but as a dynamic process in which context and accessed 

non-linguistic knowledge representation play an important role. This 

approach uses the notion of lexical concepts to describe the mediating 

unit between concrete linguistic examples and cognitive models that 

these examples are connected to. The 505 verbs analyzed bring up the 

lexical concepts [UNDER], [VERTICAL MOVEMENT], [CLOSE], 

and [CONTACT]. The connection of these lexical concepts with 

certain metaphorical and metonymical models is also discussed. Twelve 

of the 505 verbs are examined more closely in diff erent contexts with 

the help of twenty-nine illustrative examples from the spoken corpus 

of the Russian National Corpus

The Russian prefix pod- has several meanings, both concrete ones 

having to do with approaching or being under or down, and a series of 

seemingly unrelated abstract meanings such as imitating, ingratiating, 

or doing in secret. This paper approaches the polysemy of pod- from 

the viewpoint of the Theory of Lexical Concepts and Conceptual 

Models (LCCM) that sees word meaning not as a permanent property 

of words, but as a dynamic process in which context and accessed 

non-linguistic knowledge representation play an important role. This 

approach uses the notion of lexical concepts to describe the mediating 

unit between concrete linguistic examples and cognitive models that 

these examples are connected to. The 505 verbs analyzed bring up the 

lexical concepts [UNDER], [VERTICAL MOVEMENT], [CLOSE], 

and [CONTACT]. The connection of these lexical concepts with 

certain metaphorical and metonymical models is also discussed. Twelve 

of the 505 verbs are examined more closely in diff erent contexts with 

the help of twenty-nine illustrative examples from the spoken corpus 

of the Russian National Corpus