Les prépositions spatiales en français et en norvégien: une étude expérimentale et comparative

Abstract

Geometry and function are among the factors underlying comprehension and production of spatial prepositions. Based on the Functional Geometric Framework (Coventry & Garrod 2004), this experimental study investigated the influence of geometric and functional properties of spatial situations on acceptability ratings for spatial prepositions in French and Norwegian. These two languages belong to opposite categories in Talmy’s (2000) typology. Results indicate similarities in conceptual representations for spatial prepositions in native speakers of Norwegian and French, despite the typological differences between the two languages.