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Abstract
The present paper is an analysis of the semantic structure of the complex spatial preposition next
to. Theoretical concepts of the cognitive framework promote a deep understanding of spatial relations and their
metaphorical transfers encoded by individual prepositional senses. Assuming the usage-based model of language, the study takes a
closer look at corpus data which is the basis for proposing five distinct meanings of the preposition under investigation.
Conceptual metaphor theory is used to explain metaphorical transfer of spatial next to to abstract domains of
human experience.
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