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

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.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Katharina Zaychenko
, Kassel University, Germany.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Katharina Zaychenko
• Verlag: De Gruyter
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheinungsdatum: 02.12.2024
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft
• EAN: 9783111318998
• ISBN: 978-3-11-131899-8
• Anzahl Seiten: 163
• Illustration: 20 b/w ill., 18 b/w tbl., Appendix with 112 figures
• Abmessung (Verpackung): 16.2 x 1.2 x 23.7 cm
• Gewicht (Verpackung): 382 g
• Serie: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] > 386
• Themen: Spracherwerb, Sprache, Linguistik, Linguistics, Salienz, Language acquisition, FOR009000 FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / German, FOR000000 FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / General, Lexikalischer Aspekt, Grammatischer Aspekt, grammatical and lexical aspect, Motion Events, cognitive cost, salience