Degrees of Propositionality in Construals of Time Quantities1

Deckert, Mikołaj; Pęzik, Piotr

dc.contributor.author	Deckert, Mikołaj	en
dc.contributor.author	Pęzik, Piotr	en
dc.date.accessioned	2015-12-03T07:35:18Z
dc.date.available	2015-12-03T07:35:18Z
dc.date.issued	2015-06-15	en
dc.identifier.issn	1731-7533	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11089/14924
dc.description.abstract	The paper investigates the possible conceptual bases of differences between seemingly synonymous and easily definable temporal expressions. Looking at the usage patterns of nominal temporal phrases in reference corpora of English and Polish we attempt to relate these subtleties to the different granularity of the cognitive scales on which construals of time quantities in general are based. More specifically, we focus on a subset of nominal temporal expressions which adhere to the “number + time unit” pattern, matching what Haspelmath (1997: 26) describes as “culture-bound artificial time units”. Using the British National Corpus (BNC) and the National Corpus of Polish (NCP), we first analyse both the variation and the regularity found in naturally-occurring samples of Polish and English. Finally, we compare the patterns of use emerging from the two corpora and arrive at cross-linguistic generalisations about the conceptualisation of time quantities.	en
dc.publisher	Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Research in Language;12	en
dc.rights	This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/	en
dc.subject	time	en
dc.subject	temporal expressions	en
dc.subject	cognitive linguistics	en
dc.subject	Polish	en
dc.subject	corpus linguistics	en
dc.subject	conceptualisation	en
dc.subject	English	en
dc.title	Degrees of Propositionality in Construals of Time Quantities1	en
dc.page.number	341-353	en
dc.contributor.authorAffiliation	Deckert, Mikołaj - University of Łódź	en
dc.contributor.authorAffiliation	Pęzik, Piotr - University of Łódź	en
dc.identifier.eissn	2083-4616
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dc.contributor.authorEmail	Deckert, Mikołaj - mikolaj.deckert@gmail.com	en
dc.contributor.authorEmail	Pęzik, Piotr - piotr.pezik@gmail.com	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1515/rela-2015-0003	en

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