Lexicalisation of vertical motion: A study of three satellite-framed languagesThis article presents a comparison of the description of motion in three satellite-framed languages, namely in Polish, Russian and English. More specifically, the lexicalisation patterns of horizontal and vertical motion are compared on the basis of elicitation data. The study highlights the divergent patterns of the lexicalisation of motion along these two planes in the three languages. Besides a description of the motion verbs coding these relations, the linguistic and non-linguistic factors influencing the lexicalisation patterns of motion are discussed. Leksykalizacja ruchu wertykalnego w polskim, rosyjskim i angielskimArtykuł przedstawia porównanie sposobów leksykalizacji ruchu w trzech językach z tzw. „ramą towarzyszącą" - w języku polskim, rosyjskim oraz angielskim. Na podstawie danych uzyskanych od respondentów porównane zostały wzory leksykalizacji ruchu horyzontalnego i wertykalnego w tych trzech językach. Wyniki wskazują na różne wzorce leksykalizacji ruchu horyzontalnego i wertykalnego. W artykule omówiono czynniki zarówno językowe jak i niejęzykowe wpływające na wzorce leksykalizacji ruchu wertykalnego.
The article discusses the ways in which lexicalization of vertical motion takes place in two satellite-framed languages: Polish and Russian. In this typological category the manner of motion is typically rendered by the verb. The analysis of the descriptions of motion events by native speakers of these two genetically related languages shows that the lexicalization pattern of vertical motion differs from the horizontal one. First of all, when describing vertical relations, respondents less frequently code the manner of motion in the verb than when talking about motion along the horizontal plane. What is more, the results show that both Russian and Polish respondents use more motion verbs to describe vertical than horizontal relations, which points to the natural human tendency to code novel situations.
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