TY - BOOK ID - 65432319 TI - Broader perspectives on motion event descriptions AU - Matsumoto, Yo AU - Kawachi, Kazuhiro PY - 2020 VL - 69 SN - 13876724 SN - 9789027205667 9789027261069 PB - Amsterdam John Benjamins Publishing Company DB - UniCat KW - Pragmatics KW - Comparative linguistics KW - Cognitive grammar KW - Cognitive grammar. KW - Motion in language KW - Motion in language. KW - Linguistics KW - E-books KW - Conferences - Meetings UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:65432319 AB - "Human languages exhibit fascinating commonalities and variations in the ways they describe motion events. In this volume, the contributors present their research results concerning motion event descriptions in the languages that they investigate. The volume features new proposals based on a broad range of data involving different kinds of motion events previously understudied, such as caused motion (e.g., kick a ball across) and even visual motion (e.g., look into a hole). Special attention is also paid to deixis, a hitherto neglected aspect of motion event descriptions. A wide range of languages is examined, including those spoken in Europe, Africa, and Asia. The results provide new insights into the patterns languages deploy to represent motion events. This volume will appeal to anyone interested in language universals and typology, as well as the relationship between language and thought"-- ER -