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The Representation of Motion Events in English and German: An Empirical Investigation of Motion Event Encoding of Native Speakers and Learners

The Representation of Motion Events in English and German: An Empirical Investigation of Motion Event Encoding of Native Speakers and Learners

Hardcover

Series: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [Tilsm], Book 386

GermanLinguistics

ISBN10: 3111318990
ISBN13: 9783111318998
Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
Published: Nov 18 2024
Pages: 169
Weight: 0.99
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

The encoding of motion event components is a central element in determining the nature of linguistic and conceptual representations underlying motion event construal. This work approaches the verbalization and conceptualization of motion events in German and English from a theoretical point of view and on the basis of a corpus study, an online survey, and an in-person experiment. The research focuses on the investigation of different factors determining motion event construal of native speakers and learners by examining cognitive variables - i.e., visual endpoint salience and cognitive cost caused by non-habitual aspect use - and grammatical factors - i.e., grammatical viewpoint aspect.

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