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Title: The semantic network of “see” (a corpus-based study)
Vol. 7, 2019, pp. 22-35.
DOI: 10.46687/SILC.2019.v07.002
Author: Tsvetalina Aneva
About the author: Tsvetalina Georgieva Aneva is a Lecturer in English and a PhD Candidate at the Department of English Studies at Konstantin Preslavsky University of Shumen, Bulgaria. Her academic interests are in the field of Cognitive Linguistics, Comparative Studies and Second-language acquisition research. She teaches grammar and vocabulary practice, academic reading and writing skills.
e-mail: c.aneva@shu.bg
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1193-420X
Citation (APA style): Aneva, Ts. (2019). The semantic network of “see” (a corpus-based study). Studies in Linguistics, Culture, and FLT, 7, 22-35. doi: 10.46687/SILC.2019.v07.002
Link: https://silc.fhn-shu.com/images/issues/2019/vol7/SILC_2019_Vol%207_022-035_14.pdf
Abstract: The research presents a corpus study of the perception verb see, which aims at highlighting the complex behaviour of eight of the most frequent patterns drawn from the Corpus of Contemporary American English. The paper examines how the meanings of the verb change according to the relationship between human vision and cognition. The descriptions and analyses in this study are usage-based and organized according to the contexts in which the verb appears.
Key words: perception verbs, shift of meaning, corpus study, see
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