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This chapter discusses two sets of prepositional phrases, which evoke different image schemas: a Container (v+PR, iz+GEN, v+ACC) and a Surface (na+PR, s+GEN, na+ACC). The main attention is focused on the metonymic transfers underlying the variations in the use of these prepositional phrases with words of the same semantic group or with the same word. It is shown that words of the same semantic group or even the same word can be combined with different prepositions on the basis of the A WHOLE FOR ITS PART metonymy if this part has different spatial interpretations.
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Differences in the use of prepositions in these Russian expressions and their English equivalents are caused by the differences in metonymic transfers. In the English expression a bird is in the tree, a tree stands for leaves and branches behind which a bird is located, while the expression a woman in the picture highlights that the image of a women is a part of a painting (Herskovits 1986: p. 152).
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Kalyuga, M. (2020). Variations in the Use of v with the Prepositional, v with the Accusative, na with the Prepositional, na with the Accusative, iz with the Genitive and s with the Genitive. In: Russian Prepositional Phrases. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5216-8_6
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