Universal Constraints on Linguistic Event Categories: A Cross-Cultural Study of Child Homesign
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DOI: 10.1177/09567976221140328
Abstract: Languages carve up conceptual space in varying ways—for example, English uses the verb cut both for cutting with a knife and for cutting with scissors, but other languages use distinct verbs for these events. We… read more here.
Keywords: constraints linguistic; language; linguistic event; universal constraints ... See more keywords
The determining role of manner in linguistic event framing
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DOI: 10.3917/lang.214.0045
Abstract: L’article etablit qu’un facteur-cle dans l’explication de la difference typologique entre langues germaniques et romanes est le role semantique du composant maniere dans l’encodage linguistique des evenements. Des analyses de donnees, relevant principalement du danois… read more here.
Keywords: role; role manner; linguistic event; event framing ... See more keywords