Principles of event segmentation in language: The case of motion events
We examine universals and crosslinguistic variation in constraints on event segmentation.
Previous typological studies have focused on segmentation into syntactic (Pawley 1987) or …
Previous typological studies have focused on segmentation into syntactic (Pawley 1987) or …
Constructing agency: the role of language
Is agency a straightforward and universal feature of human experience? Or is the
construction of agency (including attention to and memory for people involved in events) …
construction of agency (including attention to and memory for people involved in events) …
Methodological reflections on gesture analysis in second language acquisition and bilingualism research
M Gullberg - Second language research, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Gestures, ie the symbolic movements that speakers perform while they speak, form a closely
interconnected system with speech, where gestures serve both addressee-directed …
interconnected system with speech, where gestures serve both addressee-directed …
Motion encoding in Russian and English: Moving beyond Talmy's typology
A Pavlenko, M Volynsky - The Modern Language Journal, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of the present study is twofold. One, we will show that Talmy's (1985, 1991, 2000)
motion typology that groups Russian and English together as satellite‐framed languages …
motion typology that groups Russian and English together as satellite‐framed languages …
Event segmentation: Cross-linguistic differences in verbal and non-verbal tasks
J Gerwien, C von Stutterheim - Cognition, 2018 - Elsevier
Events, as fundamental units in human perception and cognition, are limited by quality
changes of objects over time. In the present study, we investigate the role of language in …
changes of objects over time. In the present study, we investigate the role of language in …
Event boundaries stretched and compressed by aspect: Temporal segmentation in a first and a second language
N Vanek, H Zhang - Language Learning, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Event segmentation tests have shown substantial overlaps in how adults recognize starts
and endpoints as events unfold. However, far less is known about what role different …
and endpoints as events unfold. However, far less is known about what role different …
Cross-linguistic patterns in the lexicalisation of bring and take
This study investigates the linguistic expression of bring and take events and more generally
of the semantic domain of directed caused accompanied motion ('directed CAM') across a …
of the semantic domain of directed caused accompanied motion ('directed CAM') across a …
Do serial verb constructions describe single events? A study of co-speech gestures in Avatime
R Defina - Language, 2016 - JSTOR
Serial verb constructions have often been said to refer to single conceptual events.
However, evidence to support this claim has been elusive. This article introduces co-speech …
However, evidence to support this claim has been elusive. This article introduces co-speech …
Early language-specificity of children's event encoding in speech and gesture: evidence from caused motion in Turkish
Previous research on language development shows that children are tuned early on to the
language-specific semantic and syntactic encoding of events in their native language. Here …
language-specific semantic and syntactic encoding of events in their native language. Here …
Serial verb constructions in Barayin: Typology, description and lexical-functional grammar
J Lovestrand - 2018 - ora.ox.ac.uk
Barayin is an East Chadic language spoken by around 5000 people in the Guera region of
the Republic of Chad. This dissertation examines a particular type of syntactic construction …
the Republic of Chad. This dissertation examines a particular type of syntactic construction …