11.1177, Qs: Reference "Effectum", Spatial Preposition "by"

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Subject: 11.1177, Qs: Reference "Effectum", Spatial Preposition "by"

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1)
Date:  Tue, 23 May 2000 03:45:58 +0900
From:  Toshiyuki Kumashiro <tkumashi at law.keio.ac.jp>
Subject:  Reference to "Effectum"

2)
Date:  Tue, 23 May 2000 11:29:09 +0200
From:  Markus Jäger <a9340570 at unet.univie.ac.at>
Subject:  Spatial Preposition "by"

-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------

Date:  Tue, 23 May 2000 03:45:58 +0900
From:  Toshiyuki Kumashiro <tkumashi at law.keio.ac.jp>
Subject:  Reference to "Effectum"

Hello,

I believe it is Lyons who used the term "effectum" to describe the direct
object of a verb of creation such as "to make", which is not "affected" by
the action, but "effected" into existence. Can anyone tell me in which work
he introduced the term?

Thanks.

Toshiyuki Kumashiro.
Keio University


-------------------------------- Message 2 -------------------------------

Date:  Tue, 23 May 2000 11:29:09 +0200
From:  Markus Jäger <a9340570 at unet.univie.ac.at>
Subject:  Spatial Preposition "by"


I am currently working on my master's thesis which will be an analysis
of the semantics of the English spatial preposition "by" against a
cognitive background.  This is going to involve the search for a
single underlying meaning of all the spatial, temporal and abstract
metaphorical extensions of this preposition. Moreover, I hope to find
clues to establishing a sort of sense chain to link all the
extensional meanings of "by" to each other on the basis of image
schematic representations and the metaphors employed.

Although I have found thorough semantic analyses of English prepositions
such as "over", I haven't found any in-depth analyses of "by" - apart from a
few short articles by Rene Dirven, for example.

I would be glad to hear from anyone who can give me some information on this
topic or who would like to give me a few hints.
If there are any brand-new publications I haven't heard of in Austria yet -
please e-mail me!

Thanks,
Markus Jäger, Vienna University

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