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Is rushing always faster than strolling? A reaction time study on the processing of sentences containing manner of motion verbs

open access: yesActa Psychologica, 2021
In the context of the embodied cognition debate, an effect of motion verb associated speed information has previously been detected using eye-tracking, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), and reaction times (RT). The latter, for instance, was implemented by Wender and Weber (1982), who observed that participants were faster in detecting ...
Linda von Sobbe   +4 more
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The morpho-syntactic coding of motion events in Igbò

open access: yesLinguistique et Langues Africaines, 2017
The phenomenon of motion events is universal in human cognition and language. These events are coded in the verbal structure of human language. This work builds on the past study of Igbo motion verbs and seeks to investigate the interaction between ...
Maduabuchi Sennen Agbo
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Comparison of motion verbs in Persian and English languages (A cognitive and typological approach) [PDF]

open access: yesزبان پژوهی, 2019
In different languages, motion can be expressed through motion verbs that are encoded differently in different languages. The aim of this research is to compare the motion verbs in both Persian and English languages from the cognitive and typological ...
Najmeh Eslamipour   +1 more
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Quantitative Distribution of English and Indonesian Motion Verbs and Its Typological Implications: A case study with the English and Indonesian versions of the Twilight novel

open access: yesJournal of Language and Literature, 2021
This paper investigates the quantitative distribution (type and token frequencies, and type-per-token ratio [TTR]) of motion verbs found in English and Indonesian versions of the novel Twilight (Meyer, 2005; Sari, 2008).
Gede Primahadi Wijaya Rajeg   +1 more
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A Qualitative Study of Actual and Non-Actual Motion Expressions in Telugu and its Implications

open access: yesBhasha, 2022
This paper examines the similarities and differences between actual motion (AM) and non-actual motion (NAM) expressions in Telugu via a qualitative approach.
Naidu, Viswanatha
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A semantic approach to auxiliary selection with German verbs of motion. An empirical study

open access: yesCatalan Journal of Linguistics, 2018
German manner-of-motion verbs can take both haben ‘have’ and sein ‘be’ as perfect auxiliaries. It has recently been proposed that, in these cases, auxiliary selection is determined by the feature [locomotion], where [+locomotion] triggers sein ‘be’ and [-
Wojciech Lewandowski
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Elevated Connectivity During Language Processing Is Associated With Cognitive Performance in SeLECTS

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Self‐Limited Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes (SeLECTS) is associated with language impairments despite seizures originating in the motor cortex, suggesting aberrant cross‐network interactions. Here we tested whether functional connectivity in SeLECTS during language tasks predicts language performance.
Wendy Qi   +8 more
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Marcher comme une reine/ Nager comme une sirène. Les verbes de déplacement et les compléments de manière en comme [PDF]

open access: yesStudii de Lingvistica, 2011
The aim of this paper is to explore the relation between lexical and syntactic encoding of manner in French by studying the combinatory potential of a small set of manner of motion verbs with comparative comme ‘as’ clauses (e.g.
Estelle Moline, Dejan Stosic
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Les verbes exprimant la manière de se déplacer en russe

open access: yesRevue des études slaves, 2018
This paper deals with Russian verbs expressing displacement in space, but which do not belong to the category of ‘motion verbs’ as it is traditionally defined in the literature. More specifically, we attempt to delineate the class of verbs indicating the
Vladimir Beliakov, Dejan Stosic
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A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE MANNER-OF- MOTION VERBS IN "THE GRUFFALO" AND IN ITS ROMANIAN TRANSLATION

open access: yes, 2022
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