The Russian prefix pod- from the viewpoint of lexical concepts

Abstract

<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;"> The Russian prefi x pod- has several meanings, both concrete ones&nbsp;</div> <div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;"> having to do with approaching or being under or down, and a series of&nbsp;</div> <div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;"> seemingly unrelated abstract meanings such as imitating, ingratiating,&nbsp;</div> <div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;"> or doing in secret. This paper approaches the polysemy of pod- from&nbsp;</div> <div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;"> the viewpoint of the Theory of Lexical Concepts and Conceptual&nbsp;</div> <div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;"> Models (LCCM) that sees word meaning not as a permanent property&nbsp;</div> <div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;"> of words, but as a dynamic process in which context and accessed&nbsp;</div> <div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;"> non-linguistic knowledge representation play an important role. This&nbsp;</div> <div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;"> approach uses the notion of lexical concepts to describe the mediating&nbsp;</div> <div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;"> unit between concrete linguistic examples and cognitive models that&nbsp;</div> <div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;"> these examples are connected to. The 505 verbs analyzed bring up the&nbsp;</div> <div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;"> lexical concepts [UNDER], [VERTICAL MOVEMENT], [CLOSE],&nbsp;</div> <div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;"> and [CONTACT]. The connection of these lexical concepts with&nbsp;</div> <div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;"> certain metaphorical and metonymical models is also discussed. Twelve&nbsp;</div> <div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;"> of the 505 verbs are examined more closely in diff erent contexts with&nbsp;</div> <div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;"> the help of twenty-nine illustrative examples from the spoken corpus&nbsp;</div> <div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;"> of the Russian National Corpus</div> <div> The Russian prefix pod- has several meanings, both concrete ones&nbsp;</div> <div> having to do with approaching or being under or down, and a series of&nbsp;</div> <div> seemingly unrelated abstract meanings such as imitating, ingratiating,&nbsp;</div> <div> or doing in secret. This paper approaches the polysemy of pod- from&nbsp;</div> <div> the viewpoint of the Theory of Lexical Concepts and Conceptual&nbsp;</div> <div> Models (LCCM) that sees word meaning not as a permanent property&nbsp;</div> <div> of words, but as a dynamic process in which context and accessed&nbsp;</div> <div> non-linguistic knowledge representation play an important role. This&nbsp;</div> <div> approach uses the notion of lexical concepts to describe the mediating&nbsp;</div> <div> unit between concrete linguistic examples and cognitive models that&nbsp;</div> <div> these examples are connected to. The 505 verbs analyzed bring up the&nbsp;</div> <div> lexical concepts [UNDER], [VERTICAL MOVEMENT], [CLOSE],&nbsp;</div> <div> and [CONTACT]. The connection of these lexical concepts with&nbsp;</div> <div> certain metaphorical and metonymical models is also discussed. Twelve&nbsp;</div> <div> of the 505 verbs are examined more closely in diff erent contexts with&nbsp;</div> <div> the help of twenty-nine illustrative examples from the spoken corpus&nbsp;</div> <div> of the Russian National Corpus</div>