Essays about: "Verbs of motion"

Found 5 essays containing the words Verbs of motion.

  1. 1. Grammar "bores the crap out of me!": A mixed-method study on the XTYOFZ construction and its usage by ESL and ENL speakers

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Nok Chin Lydia Chan; [2021]
    Keywords : Construction Grammar; constructions; corpus linguistics; ESL; processing; priming; Jabberwocky sentences.;

    Abstract : Different from Generative Grammar which sees grammar as a formal system of how words are put together to form sentences, Construction Grammar suggests that grammar is more than just rules and surface forms; instead, grammar includes many form-and-meaning pairings which are called constructions. For years, Construction Grammarians have been investigating constructions with various approaches, including corpus-linguistics, pedagogical, second language acquisition and so on, yet there is still room for exploration. READ MORE

  3. 2. Placement events in Farsi : a study of caused motion in Farsi

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Ravn Kirkegaard; [2020]
    Keywords : placement events; caused motion; Talmy; satellite-framing; verb-framing; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Talmy’s typology of motion events has been studiously explored from a range of angles, but few have focussed on the domain of caused motion. The few languages that have been studied in the domain of caused motion did not include Farsi. READ MORE

  4. 3. Motion-emotion metaphors in Estonian: A cross-linguistic comparison with Finnish, English and Swedish

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kognitiv semiotik; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

    Author : Liina Paju; [2016]
    Keywords : Conceptual metaphor; discourse metaphor; emotion; genealogy; integral linguistics; motion; non-actual motion; synthesis; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The present thesis investigates motion-emotion metaphors in Estonian and compares them cross-linguistically with Finnish, English and Swedish. Motion-emotion metaphors (e.g. READ MORE

  5. 4. The expression of non-actual motion in Swedish sign language

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Jonas Ekström; [2015]
    Keywords : Swedish sign language; fictive motion; non-actual motion; linguistic conventions; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The use of motion expressions to describe objects that are actually static (e.g. “The train tracks curves through the mountain”) has been of interest within the fields of linguistics and cognitive science for at least three decades (e.g. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Neural Representations of Function Words : Neurolinguistic Beliefs Reconsidered in the Light of Grammaticalisation Theory

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Sabine Gosselke; [2011]
    Keywords : grammaticalisation; neurolinguistics; function words; processing; motor cortex; movement priming; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : It has in recent years been shown that some linguistic items, in particular lexical and abstracted movement verbs, activate the motor cortex in the human brain while being processed. The present study sets out to investigate how far this activation is retained for grammaticalised motion verbs which have shed their lexical content in exchange for grammatical functionality. READ MORE