Lexicalizing directional and nondirectional motion in Emai

Motion expressions in Emai, an Edoid language of Nigeria, are examined within the lexical typology of Talmy [1985]. Both directional and nondirectional motion structures involving the MANNER verb la 'to run' are analyzed, though only the former, syntactically expressed by verbs in continuo...

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Autor principal:	Ronald P. Schaefer
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN FR
Publicado:	LibraryPress@UF 1986
Materias:	Emai Edoid lexical typology motion manner Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/b460b3fcb00f4bfbaf70dbee3b0b3e4b
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b460b3fcb00f4bfbaf70dbee3b0b3e4b2021-11-19T03:55:13ZLexicalizing directional and nondirectional motion in Emai10.32473/sal.v17i2.1074910039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/b460b3fcb00f4bfbaf70dbee3b0b3e4b1986-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107491https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XMotion expressions in Emai, an Edoid language of Nigeria, are examined within the lexical typology of Talmy [1985]. Both directional and nondirectional motion structures involving the MANNER verb la 'to run' are analyzed, though only the former, syntactically expressed by verbs in continuous series, poses a particular problem for interpretation. Three hypotheses concerning the semantic composition of these serial verbs are considered and evaluated in terms of their distributional constraints. It is concluded that nondirectional motion can be lexicalized by either of two patterns [MOTION+MANNER] PATH or MOTION PATH ... MANNER, while directional motion allows only the single lexicalization pattern MANNER [MOTION+PATH]. Typologically, these reflect two of the incorporation patterns Talmy has identified as characteristic in languages of the world.Ronald P. SchaeferLibraryPress@UFarticleEmaiEdoidlexical typologymotionmannerPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 17, Iss 2 (1986)
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topic	Emai Edoid lexical typology motion manner Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
spellingShingle	Emai Edoid lexical typology motion manner Philology. Linguistics P1-1091 Ronald P. Schaefer Lexicalizing directional and nondirectional motion in Emai
description	Motion expressions in Emai, an Edoid language of Nigeria, are examined within the lexical typology of Talmy [1985]. Both directional and nondirectional motion structures involving the MANNER verb la 'to run' are analyzed, though only the former, syntactically expressed by verbs in continuous series, poses a particular problem for interpretation. Three hypotheses concerning the semantic composition of these serial verbs are considered and evaluated in terms of their distributional constraints. It is concluded that nondirectional motion can be lexicalized by either of two patterns [MOTION+MANNER] PATH or MOTION PATH ... MANNER, while directional motion allows only the single lexicalization pattern MANNER [MOTION+PATH]. Typologically, these reflect two of the incorporation patterns Talmy has identified as characteristic in languages of the world.
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author	Ronald P. Schaefer
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title	Lexicalizing directional and nondirectional motion in Emai
title_short	Lexicalizing directional and nondirectional motion in Emai
title_full	Lexicalizing directional and nondirectional motion in Emai
title_fullStr	Lexicalizing directional and nondirectional motion in Emai
title_full_unstemmed	Lexicalizing directional and nondirectional motion in Emai
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Lexicalizing directional and nondirectional motion in Emai

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