The Semantic Structure and Grammaticalization of the French Preposition de
DOI : 10.21049/ccs.2018.50..453
Publisher : Center for Cross Culture Studies
Research Area : Literature
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This study is about the French preposition de. This preposition is considered to have no meaning in the French language, and to have only the grammatical function in its use. This study begins with doubts about such views regarding this preposition. We organize and classify general descriptions of the uses of this preposition. The uses are classified as ‘expressing starting point,’ ‘giving characteristics’ and ‘performing grammatical functions’ and this data is analyzed in terms of the associated cognitive grammar. In the case of expressing the starting point, it is assumed that the trajector moves from the starting point, to the destination point, in the domain of space and in the domain of time. Therefore, it is noted in this case that the preposition de has a dynamic concept. On the other hand, it is significant to understand that the preposition of the ‘giving characteristics’ defines an outline of a particular class by giving the class's characteristics. The preposition de has a static concept in this case. For the preposition de which introduces the infinitive, all of these dynamic and static concepts are faded and extremely grammaticalized.
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