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Typological shift of Mandarin Chinese in terms of motion verb lexicalization pattern
Cognitive LinguisticsGiven the controversies over Mandarin Chinese in terms of Talmy’s bipartite language typology, this paper presents an exhaustive study of Chinese motion verbs collected from two authoritative dictionaries, namely, The Ancient Chinese Dictionary (2nd ...
Linjun Liu, Yingxin He
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Grammatical constraints and verb-framed languages: The case of Italian
Language and Cognition, 2012 AbstractIn the literature on motion events, a lot of previous research can be found on the contrast between the typology of expression favoured by so-called ‘verb-framed languages’ and that favoured by so-called ‘satellite-framed languages.’ Only some of this previous research, however, has focused its attention on the reasons that ultimately bring ...
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Expression of manner-of-motion verbs in translated versions of Turkish and English Short Stories: Implications for second language acquisition [PDF]
Yıldız Journal of Educational Research, 2022 Since language strongly determines thinking and interpretation; users of different languages are expected to view the world from different perspectives.
Pınar KARAHAN, Sevgi GÖKÇE
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Conceptualization of Motion in Persian Compound Verbs: A Cognitive Approach [PDF]
مطالعات زبانها و گویشهای غرب ایران, 2022 Motion is considered as a fundamental concept in human cognitive system that could be represented in all languages differently. The present paper is going to explain that how lexicalization happens in motion compound verbs.
Beheshte Ozgoli +2 more
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Satellite-framed lexicalization of creation events in French?
Isogloss, 2022 As a typical verb-framed language, French has only limited ability to combine manner verbs with result-denoting constituents in the VP. Based on an event structural approach, this contribution explores the compatibility of different types of manner ...
Barbara Schirakowski
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Comparison of motion verbs in Persian and English languages (A cognitive and typological approach) [PDF]
زبان 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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Journal 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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Energeia, 2021 Spanish and Mandarin Chinese have been classified as verb-framed language and satellite-framed language respectively (Talmy: 1991, 2000). However, in Spanish, manner verbs are compatible with hacia and hasta, and a small group of them can do so with ...
María Azucena Penas Ibáñez, Tao Zhang
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Productivity of Noun Slots in Verb Frames [PDF]
Cognitive Science, 2015 AbstractProductivity is a central concept in the study of language and language acquisition. As a test case for exploring the notion of productivity, we focus on the noun slots of verb frames, such as __want__, __see__, and __get__. We develop a novel combination of measures designed to assess both the flexibility and creativity of use in these slots ...
Anna L. Theakston +4 more
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DIRECTIONAL MOTION VERB CONSTRUCTION IN MADURESE LANGUAGE: A STUDY OF LANGUAGE TYPOLOGY
Language Literacy: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Language Teaching, 2023 Semantically, the construction of directional motion verbs has two significant points: manner of motion, which refers to the way the motion is performed, and path, which conveys the directional meaning.
Muhammad Hifni Sahila Rizqy +1 more
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