The locative alternation in verb-framed vs. satellite-framed languages

Lewandowski, Wojciech

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“…they admit only locative adjuncts. As argued by Boas (2006) and Lewandowski (2014b), the specificity of the verbal meaning seems to be correlated with its range of applications, that is, verbs with a less specific meaning can be used to describe a broader range of situations than verbs with a more precise semantics, whose compatibility with different constructional schemas (e.g., prefixes, PPs, etc.) is more restricted.…”

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Thinking for translating and intra-typological variation in satellite-framed languages

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Mateu

2016

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We analyze the expression of motion in translations of Tolkien's The Hobbit into Polish and German within the framework of Talmy's (1991Talmy's ( , 2000 typology of macro-events and Slobin's (1991Slobin's ( , 1996 "Thinking for speaking" hypothesis. We show that although both languages pertain to the satellite-framed typological group, Polish provides less diversified Manner and Path descriptions than German, which exploits the satellite-framed lexicalization pattern by far more productively. We relate these contrasts in the rhetorical style to the particular morpho-syntactic and semantic characteristics of the languages under discussion.

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Thinking for translating and intra-typological variation in satellite-framed languages

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Mateu

2016

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“…1 This finding is consistent with [1] Following conventional notations, we use an asterisk to indicate ungrammaticality. earlier work (Filipović, 2007;Lewandowski & Mateu, 2016) that demonstrated that prefixes, the typical locus of Path encoding in Polish (Kopecka, 2004;Lewandowski, 2014aLewandowski, , 2014bLewandowski, , 2020 show more restricted compatibility with verbs than particles and prepositional phrases, the typical locus of Path encoding in German (Bamberg, 1994;Harr, 2012).…”

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Variable motion event encoding within languages and language types: a usage-based perspective

Lewandowski

2020

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Speakers of the world’s languages differ in the ways they talk about directed motion. Speakers of satellite-framed languages (S-languages; e.g., English) typically conflate Path and Manner in a single clause (e.g., run out), whereas speakers of verb-framed languages (V-languages; e.g., Spanish) tend to convey Path and Manner in two different clauses (e.g., salir corriendo ‘exit running’). Herein, we ask whether speakers also show systematic variability within particular languages and language types in their directed motion descriptions. We examine this question by comparing oral narratives of adult native speakers of one V-language (Spanish) and two S-languages (German, Polish) (N = 15), where each subject provided a simultaneous description of an ongoing animated video depicting self- (e.g., jump into the river) and caused-motion (e.g., throw a stone into the river) events. Our results showed strong evidence for both intra-typological and language-internal variability, especially in the extent to which the Manner component is encoded. Overall, the locus of Path encoding (e.g., verb, prefix, particle) and the conceptual structure of motion events (i.e., self-motion, caused-motion) were two key factors that influenced the speakers’ choice of lexicalization pattern. We discuss the implications of our findings, which (i) suggest a more nuanced typology of motion events that expands the binary distinction between V- vs. S-languages – in line with earlier work on intra-typological variability, and (ii) highlight the relevance of such a nuanced typology for motion cognition.

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“…Since the verb typically conveys Manner of motion, satellites and prepositional phrases play an important role in the representation of motion events in Polish, making a distinction between Source-, Medial-, and Goal-oriented events (cf. Kopecka 2010Kopecka , 2012Lewandowski 2014;Łozińska 2018). Note, however, that our dataset also reveals the use of verbs such as oddalić się 'to move.away REFL' and zbliżyć się 'to approach, move toward (lit.…”

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Source/Goal (a)symmetry

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Kopecka

2020

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This paper compares the expression of Source and Goal in German and Polish, on the basis of descriptions elicited with a series of video clips. As satellite-framed languages (Talmy 1985, 2000), both German and Polish mainly rely on grammatical morphemes to encode Path of motion with respect to Source and Goal. Nevertheless, despite this shared typological feature, these languages also display fine morphosyntactic and semantic differences. Our study reveals that the expression of Source and Goal is more asymmetrical in German as compared to Polish, in both the types of linguistic resources and the semantic distinctions. We show that German speakers tend to combine Path satellites with Path verbs – including both deictic satellites and deictic verbs – more frequently in Source-oriented events, depicting them with finer semantic distinctions than Goal-oriented events. In the expression of the Ground, however, they tend to make more distinctions in the expression of Goals as compared to Sources, by using a greater variety of prepositions. Polish speakers, by contrast, tend to express Source and Goal in a more symmetrical fashion. These cross-linguistic differences are discussed in the light of language-specific characteristics and their role in the expression – symmetrical or asymmetrical – of Source and Goal.

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The locative alternation in verb-framed vs. satellite-framed languages

Cited by 12 publications

References 38 publications

Thinking for translating and intra-typological variation in satellite-framed languages

Thinking for translating and intra-typological variation in satellite-framed languages

Variable motion event encoding within languages and language types: a usage-based perspective

Source/Goal (a)symmetry

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