Variation in motion events: Theory and applications

I Ibarretxe-Antuñano, Alberto Hijazo-Gascon

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Abstract

This chapter analyses the role of intratypological and dialectal variation in the lexicalisation of motion events (Talmy 1991, 2000) and its application to second language acquisition. The first part discusses intratypological variation with respect to the semantic component of Path and proposes a cline of Path salience on the basis of twenty-one languages. Then, it describes dialectal variation in Spanish and Aragonese. Results show that dialects within these two Romance languages differ in the type of linguistic resources they use as well as in their quality and quantity. The second part briefly reviews some L2 problematic areas that can benefit from these approaches such as conceptual transfer, deixis, and idiomaticity. Examples are drawn from L2 Spanish and L2 Basque.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSpace and Time across Languages and Cultures
EditorsLuna Filipovic, Kasia Jaszczolt
Place of PublicationAmsterdam
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company
Pages349-372
Number of pages24
VolumeVolume 1: Linguistic Diversity
ISBN (Print)978 90 272 2390 6
Publication statusPublished - 2012

Publication series

NameHuman Cognitive Processing: Cognitive Foundations of Language Structure and Use
PublisherJohn Benjamins

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