Get:It's semantic concept - Conginitive approach and Conceptual Extension

本研究表明，get的语义在词典中并不是随机列出的，而是在Kajita（1977,1997）提出的可拓理论框架下，从一个基本的语义概念扩展而来的。从历时的角度来看，它最早出现在13世纪。它发生在NP中。之后，它与小品词、PPs、副词、过去分词和现在分词一起出现。在弗吉尼亚大学图书馆公开的数字资料（总共300种）中，这些get结构的出现顺序几乎相同。我们还调查了Tomasello（1992）、Collins Word Bank和CHILDES的数据。我们发现get结构的出现几乎是相同的。扩展与get的一些语义概念有关。它们是“[COME]（移动到第一人称或第二人称）”，“代理”，“目标”，“起点”和“着陆点”。（关于这些概念，请参见Langacker（1999,2002,2008）。）我们提出在语言习得过程中，“主体”、“目标”、“起点”和“落点”是扩展的。这种扩展被认为在一定程度上与认知发展有关。

This research shows that semantic meanings of get are not listed randomly in the lexicon, but some of them are extended from a basic semantic concept within the framework of extension theory proposed in Kajita(1977, 1997). From a diachronic point of view, get first occurred in 13thcentury. It occurred with an NP. After that it occurred with particles, PPs, adverbs, past participles and present participles. Almost the same order of occurrence of these constructions of get is observed in the digital materials which are open for public in University of Virginia Libray (300 titles in all). We also investigate the occurrence in data from Tomasello (1992), Collins Word Bank, and CHILDES. We found that the occurrence of the constructions of get is almost the same. The extension has something to do with some semantic concepts of get. These are ‘[COME] (Move to 1stor 2nd person)’, ‘Agent’, ‘Target’, ‘Starting point’, and ‘Landing point’. (About these concepts, see Langacker (1999, 2002, 2008).) We proposed that‘Agent’, ‘Target’, ‘Starting point’, and ‘Landing point’ are extended in the course of language acquisition. This extension is considered related in part to cognitive development.