// Language, 77, 4, 724-765.
Reprinted in: B. Nerlich, L. Todd, V. Herman and D.D. Clarke (eds.) Polysemy: Flexible Patterns of Meaning in Mind and Language. — Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 2003. — pp. 95-160.This article explores lexical polysemy through an in-depth examination of the English preposition over. Working within a cognitive linguistic framework, the present study illustrates the nonarbitrary quality of the mental lexicon and the highly creative nature of the human conceptual system.
