We studied this question on the basis of the variable Nature of Placement. This variable did not turn out to have a significant effect in the light of the other significant predictor variables. Therefore hypothesis (5b) could not be confirmed and the choice for or seems to be meter poner more subjected to matters of animacy and direction than to possible metaphorical readings. In sum, through our research questions, we initially expected to allow for more variation poner within the locative use, since it allows for more semantic extensions apart from locative contexts. is more frequent as a locative verb, and thus potentially more prone to be used in the Meter prototypical settings. was thus expected to be more specialized for the prototypical settings Meter (animate Causer, inanimate Figure, concrete Ground; non-reflexive; literal placement), whereas was expected to allow for more deviations from this prototype. This is not entirely borne poner out: has indeed specialized, but not necessarily for the most prototypical contexts. meter Conclusion To conclude, in agreement with the principle of economy in natural languages, both Vs are thus specialized in different domains, even if, at first glance, they share a similar locative meaning. The choice for one of both options hinges on semantic aspects of the participants which are ubiquitous in language phenomena (animacy, concreteness, reflexiveness), and the cognitive construal of the locative event (the possibility of a container-reading and direction of the movement). The statistical analysis has indeed shown that the distribution of the near-synonymous V pair and in locative contexts is governed by a set of different intervening variables, even meter poner more than those dealt with in previous literature. When we take into account a diverse series of potentially influencing variables, Cifuentes was right in introspectively stating that the Direction of the movement is crucial in order to determine the V choice. Nevertheless, prediction Cifuentes’ that being preferably used for internally directed movements, is preferred with large meter,
We studied this question on the basis of the variable Nature of Placement. This variable did not turn out to have a significant effect in the light of the other significant predictor variables. Therefore hypothesis (5b) could not be confirmed and the choice for meter or poner seems to be more subjected to matters of animacy and direction than to possible metaphorical readings. In sum, through our research questions, we initially expected poner to allow for more variation within the locative use, since it allows for more semantic extensions apart from locative contexts. Meter is more frequent as a locative verb, and thus potentially more prone to be used in the prototypical settings. Meter was thus expected to be more specialized for the prototypical settings (animate Causer, inanimate Figure, concrete Ground; non-reflexive; literal placement), whereas poner was expected to allow for more deviations from this prototype. This is not entirely borne out: meter has indeed specialized, but not necessarily for the most prototypical contexts. Conclusion To conclude, in agreement with the principle of economy in natural languages, both Vs are thus specialized in different domains, even if, at first glance, they share a similar locative meaning. The choice for one of both options hinges on semantic aspects of the participants which are ubiquitous in language phenomena (animacy, concreteness, reflexiveness), and the cognitive construal of the locative event (the possibility of a container-reading and direction of the movement). The statistical analysis has indeed shown that the distribution of the near-synonymous V pair meter and poner in locative contexts is governed by a set of different intervening variables, even more than those dealt with in previous literature. When we take into account a diverse series of potentially influencing variables, Cifuentes was right in introspectively stating that the Direction of the movement is crucial in order to determine the V choice. Nevertheless, Cifuentes’ prediction that meter, being preferably used for internally directed movements, is preferred with large
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