Metaphorical Meaning Extension of the Motion Verbs "Go" and "Come"
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Spatial motion, that is, movement of physical objects through space, is fundamental to our experience, which is mostly expressed by motion verbs. The two motion verbs "go" and "come" are especially fundamental in the sense that they just contain the very basic meaning elements of movement shared by other motion verbs. They are essentially deictic and show directionality in their nature. These two verbs are frequently extended metaphorically from their original spatial motion to motion in abstract domains, such as time, change of state, and so on. They even show some grammatical function. These phenomena seem to have close relationship with the notion of directionality. In this paper, some aspects of metaphorical meaning extension of these two English verbs "go" and "come" are investigated in view of directionality, comparing them with their Japanese counterparts iku (go) and kuru (come).
- 東洋学園大学の論文
- 2000-03-15