Another member out of the family: the description of manner of gait in Changana verbs of motion

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Folia Linguistica Pub Date : 2024-04-01 DOI:10.1515/flin-2024-2016

Sérgio N. Menete, Guiying Jiang

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Abstract

In this paper, we show that the widely accepted tendency that manner of motion is described in greater detail in S-languages than in V-languages does not hold for all natural languages. Based on the analysis of manner of gait verbs applying the “lexical approach” (Kövecses, Zoltán. 2015. Surprise as a conceptual category. Review of Cognitive Linguistics 13(1). 270–290), this study shows that in the manner verb lexicon parameter, manner description in Changana (a V-language) is more nuanced than in prototypical S-languages like English (Talmy, Leonard. 2000. Toward a cognitive semantics, vol. II. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press). Contrary to the general tendency of V-languages, Changana presents a rich vocabulary of manner verbs and ideophones that cover many semantic dimensions. Our results suggest that while preserving some features of V-languages, Changana also makes distinctions that are usually only attested in S-languages, even exploring manner dimensions not often explored in S-languages. Our findings suggest that Changana is another language that does not fit well into Talmy’s well-established motion events typology.

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家庭中的另一个成员：昌加纳运动动词中对步态的描述

在本文中，我们证明了一种被广泛接受的趋势，即 S 语言比 V 语言更详细地描述了运动方式，但这一趋势并不适用于所有自然语言。基于运用 "词法"（Kövecses, Zoltán.2015.作为概念范畴的惊奇》。认知语言学评论 13(1).270-290），本研究表明，在方式动词词典参数中，昌加纳语（一种 V 语言）的方式描述比英语等原型 S 语言（Talmy, Leonard.2000.Toward a cognitive semantics, vol. II.Toward a cognitive semantics, vol. II：麻省理工学院出版社）。与 V 语言的普遍趋势相反，昌阿那语提供了丰富的方式动词和表意词汇，涵盖了许多语义维度。我们的研究结果表明，在保留 V 语言某些特征的同时，昌阿那语还对通常只在 S 语言中出现的语言进行了区分，甚至探索了 S 语言中不常见的方式维度。我们的研究结果表明，昌阿纳语是另一种不能很好融入塔尔米成熟的运动事件类型学的语言。

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