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Hasegawa, Yoko – Language and Communication, 1993
Using framework of prototype semantics, TE-constructions (type of verbal construct in Japanese), are categorized according to underlying metaphors and related to central TE-construction in which K- 1K- indicate both motion and direction in physical space. Through descriptions, discussions, and examples, it is demonstrated that no adequate…
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Japanese, Language Research, Semantics