This paper aims to investigate the semantic relations among on, in, into, innan, and to, the chief Old English prepositions of space. In order to achieve this purpose, the investigation is made on the basis of the theoretical framework set up by Quirk et al. (1985 ; pp. 673-677). In other words, we examine what type of space, i.e., whether it is zero-dimensional, one-dimensional, two-dimensional, or three-dimensional, is introduced by each of the above-mentioned prepositions by analyzing the dimensional properties of its complement. The present study deals with on-, in-, into-, and innan-phrases implying 'destination,' which I discussed in my previous papers published in 1991, 1992, and 1994, together with to-phrases. It has been revealed that on is distributed most widely and its distribution includes that of in and innan. On the other hand, into and to have its own field of distribution where on does not appear.
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