On the Meaning of <em>on/ant</em>: How Relevant is the Concept of Contact?

The paper sets out to examine the relevance of the concept of ‘contact’ and/or ‘(the top of) the surface’ in the explication of the meaning of on in English and ant in Lithuanian. The investigation of a corpus of English and Lithuanian data revealed that the term is largely superfluous and imprecis...

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Main Authors: Ieva Stasiūnaitė, Inesa Šeškauskienė
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Vilnius University 2004-12-01
Series:Kalbotyra
Online Access:https://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/kalbotyra/article/view/23269