Cognitive Explorations into the Category Schema of ''For''

Disparities exist in the way current linguistic research approaches prepositions, both in terms of definition and classification. Despite an abundance of publications containing analyses of prepositions, especially those in the English language, relatively little attention has been devoted to the preposition for, despite its high frequency of occurrence in English.Carried out from a cognitive perspective, and with the aid of Langackers cognitive grammar methodology, this text provides evidence in support of the thesis that for constitutes a category by itself, characterised by a complex semantic structure that comprises a variety of schemas sanctioning the uses of for in the English language. As such, this book will primarily interest students and teachers that have an interest in cognitive linguistics. See more