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This study investigates the concept of FOLLOW in Korean, English, and Korean Sign Language from a cognitive semantics perspective. This paper identifies both similarities and differences in its semantic network by exploring how the concept FOLLOW extends across different languages. The analysis shows that in all three languages, FOLLOW originates from the prototypical meaning of physically trailing behind another entity, and expands into metaphorical domains such as imitation, adherence to rules, the pursuit of values, temporal precedence, cause-and-effect relationships, logical inference and cognitive understanding. Some meaning differences are also detected among the three languages: Korean and English diverge in their meaning extensions depending on the direction in which these meanings evolve while spoken & sign languages vary based on which aspects of the prototypical meaning are emphasized. These findings contribute to the understanding of cross-linguistic variation in meaning extension and provide insights into how different languages highlight various aspects of a concept’s prototypical meaning during the process of semantic extension.
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- Publisher :The Modern Linguistic Society of Korea
- Publisher(Ko) :한국현대언어학회
- Journal Title :The Journal of Studies in Language
- Journal Title(Ko) :언어연구
- Volume : 40
- No :3
- Pages :303-319
- DOI :https://doi.org/10.18627/jslg.40.3.202411.303