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I 202
Prepositions/Meanings/Gärdenfors: Prepositions form a closed class with few elements. However, they are often used for a large number of meanings.
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I 205
GärdenforsVsTradition: traditionally it is assumed that prepositions express spatial relations, but I believe that a central part of their meaning involves force dynamics.
Problem: it is controversial today whether e.g. "on", "in" and "about" additionally require the spatial-visual domain.
Since prepositions form a closed class in most languages, new meanings cannot be introduced simply by added words. (See Tyler & Evans, 2001(1), p. 761).


1. Tyler, A. & Evans, V. (2001). Reconsidering prepositional polysemy networks: The case of over. Language, 77, 724-765.

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