Typological discoveries in the domain of closing (a study of the semantics of verbs with the meanings ‘to open’ and ‘to close’)
DOI:10.30842/alp2306573714211
Kashkin Ye. V., Zhornik D. O., Sidorova
M. A. Tipologicheskiye otkrytiya v pole zakryvaniya (opyt
issledovaniya semantiki glagolov so znacheniyami ‘otkryt’ i
‘zakryt’)1. Acta Linguistica Petropolitana. 271.
This article presents a study in lexical
typology. We focus on the semantic domain of closing (creating a
barrier) and opening (removing a barrier) cross-linguistically. The
field of closing is of great interest, as it demonstrates a
fine-grained argument structure: who closes what with_what
from_what. The lexicalization of these situations depends not only
on the type of barrier (visual vs. physical) and the number of
arguments involved (for example, the presence or absence of an
instrument), but also on their characteristics and mutual
disposition (contact vs. distance). Having compared the situations
of opening and closing, we discovered that they are rather
asymmetrical. The languages included in the scope of research are
Russian, Polish, Swedish, Hill Mari, Komi and Khanty. The research
presented led to revealing relevant oppositions in the semantic
field of closing and opening.
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