DIMENSIONS OF (NON)-ANTONYMY IN ENGLISH PHRASAL VERBS PUT ON AND TAKE OFF THROUGH THE LENS OF COGNITIVE SEMANTICS

Authors

  • Ivan Milošević

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18485/bells.2024.16.2

Keywords:

phrasal verbs, put on, take off, antonymy, semantic motivation, radial structure, support image schema, spatial configuration, conceptual mapping

Abstract

This paper is an attempt at decoding the labyrinthine semantic structure of the opposite English phrasal verbs put on and take off examined through the lens of cognitive semantics. Even though this phrasal verb pair is traditionally viewed as antonymic, a closer look at the overall conceptual-semantic structure of these two phrasal verbs casts a different light on their meaning(s), consequently their semantic relation(s) as well. More specifically, it is demonstrated that, despite the obvious antonymy exemplified by numerous meanings, a considerable number of meanings, neverthless, fail to show any signs of mutual oppositeness when the complete radial networks of the phrasal verbs’ meanings are respectively elaborated and then compared. The paper concludes that the actual degree of the put on and take off oppositeness can be determined more precisely in the light of their image-schematic structure (the support schema) and conceptual mappings underlying the constituent particles on and off making up the given phrasal verbs.

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Published

2024-12-30

How to Cite

Milošević, I. . (2024). DIMENSIONS OF (NON)-ANTONYMY IN ENGLISH PHRASAL VERBS PUT ON AND TAKE OFF THROUGH THE LENS OF COGNITIVE SEMANTICS. Belgrade English Language and Literature Studies, 16(1), 37–62. https://doi.org/10.18485/bells.2024.16.2

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 1 (2024): BELLS - volume 16

Section

THEORETICAL AND APPLIED LINGUISTICS

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