A SEMANTIC ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH LOCATIVE PREPOSITIONS

摘要: Abstract : Locative prepositions are members of a small closed class English formatives. We present here an analysis the thirty three locative in context theory which provides basis for extracting semantic readings phrases containing these words. The meaning preposition is first analyzed with function concepts pick out relevant characteristics objects to be related. Then relation concept specified describes special between value functions. resulting complex marker will thus have form R(f(x),g(y)) where f and g markers, R marker, x y