TY - CHAP
T1 - Motion events contrasts in Romance languages
T2 - Deixis in Spanish as a second language
AU - Hijazo-Gascon, Alberto
PY - 2017/8
Y1 - 2017/8
N2 - This chapter explores language contrasts among Romance languages in the semantic domain of motion events. Romance languages are verb-framed languages in the typology of motion events by Talmy (1985, 2000). However, some intratypological differences have been observed among them, regarding the expression of certain components such as Path, Cause, and Deixis. The aim of this chapter is twofold. First, it discusses how these semantic contrasts have implications for the theoretical framework of study of motion events. Second, it examines how these intratypological contrasts impact on the acquisition of a second language by speakers of a typologically-close and genetically-related language. This is illustrated with examples from Spanish as a second language by native speakers of French and Italian.
AB - This chapter explores language contrasts among Romance languages in the semantic domain of motion events. Romance languages are verb-framed languages in the typology of motion events by Talmy (1985, 2000). However, some intratypological differences have been observed among them, regarding the expression of certain components such as Path, Cause, and Deixis. The aim of this chapter is twofold. First, it discusses how these semantic contrasts have implications for the theoretical framework of study of motion events. Second, it examines how these intratypological contrasts impact on the acquisition of a second language by speakers of a typologically-close and genetically-related language. This is illustrated with examples from Spanish as a second language by native speakers of French and Italian.
KW - caused motion
KW - second language acquisition
KW - Deixis
KW - Path
KW - Romance languages
UR - https://benjamins.com/#catalog/books/hcp.59/main
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M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)
SN - 9789027246752
T3 - Human Cognitive Processing
BT - Motion and Space across languages
A2 - Ibarretxe-Antuñano, Iraide
PB - John Benjamins Publishing Company
ER -