Zaychenko The Representation of Motion Events in English and German

An Empirical Investigation of Motion Event Encoding of Native Speakers and Learners
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-3-11-131986-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 386, 169 Seiten

Reihe: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]ISSN

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.

Zielgruppe

Scholars and students of cognitive and/or applied linguistics, la

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zaychenko, Katharina

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften

Über Autor(innen)

Katharina Zaychenko, Universität Kassel.

Katharina Zaychenko, Kassel University, Germany.