International audienceThis article discusses the different uses of the verb stand in earlier stages of the English language, based on data from the Oxford English Dictionary. While Modern English does not use the posture verbs all that much compared to the other Germanic languages where these verbs have become basic locative verbs, the older uses show that English stand (as well as the other posture verbs sit and lie) was used in a way quite similar to what is found in other Germanic languages today. In this paper, we present a cognitive lexical semantic analysis of these older uses and suggest three hypotheses that could possibly account for the disappearance (or rather, the non-grammaticalisation) of the English posture verbs.Cet article ...
The study of German posture verbs has attracted the interest of many linguists, e.g. Berthele (2004 ...
International audienceThis article seeks to examine the role of the grammaticalization process in tw...
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International audienceThis article discusses the different uses of the verb stand in earlier stages ...
Cet article aborde les différents usages du verbe stand dans des périodes antérieures de l’anglais (...
We explore the usage of the cardinal English posture verbs sit, stand, and lie relying on a number o...
This article presents the results of a quantitative and qualitative corpus study of the use of the D...
International audienceThis article presents a study of the use of the Dutch cardinal posture verbs s...
This article presents a study of the use of the Dutch cardinal posture verbs staan (‘stand’), liggen...
Phrasal verbs are extremely popular in modern English and can be found in a wide variety of contexts...
It is generally acknowledged that French-speaking learners of Dutch have considerable difficulties w...
Dans une perspective de recherche contrastive sur les contraintes "stylistiques" en traduction, cet ...
The article deals with the typological differences between the Romance lan- guage French and the Ger...
Pseudocoordination with posture verbs in Mainland Scandinavian (e.g. the Norwegian Han sitter og arb...
This study examines to what extent English speakers of L2 Dutch reconstruct the meanings of placemen...
The study of German posture verbs has attracted the interest of many linguists, e.g. Berthele (2004 ...
International audienceThis article seeks to examine the role of the grammaticalization process in tw...
International audienceThis article is about English borrowings in present-day French. It deals with ...
International audienceThis article discusses the different uses of the verb stand in earlier stages ...
Cet article aborde les différents usages du verbe stand dans des périodes antérieures de l’anglais (...
We explore the usage of the cardinal English posture verbs sit, stand, and lie relying on a number o...
This article presents the results of a quantitative and qualitative corpus study of the use of the D...
International audienceThis article presents a study of the use of the Dutch cardinal posture verbs s...
This article presents a study of the use of the Dutch cardinal posture verbs staan (‘stand’), liggen...
Phrasal verbs are extremely popular in modern English and can be found in a wide variety of contexts...
It is generally acknowledged that French-speaking learners of Dutch have considerable difficulties w...
Dans une perspective de recherche contrastive sur les contraintes "stylistiques" en traduction, cet ...
The article deals with the typological differences between the Romance lan- guage French and the Ger...
Pseudocoordination with posture verbs in Mainland Scandinavian (e.g. the Norwegian Han sitter og arb...
This study examines to what extent English speakers of L2 Dutch reconstruct the meanings of placemen...
The study of German posture verbs has attracted the interest of many linguists, e.g. Berthele (2004 ...
International audienceThis article seeks to examine the role of the grammaticalization process in tw...
International audienceThis article is about English borrowings in present-day French. It deals with ...