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The semantic domain of motion and space has been exhaustively studied in the last decades, being ... more The semantic domain of motion and space has been exhaustively studied in the last decades, being considered a cognitive universal. Research in the particular field of motion is mainly based on Talmy’s (1991, 2000, 2007) typological classification of languages into Satellite-framed (S-languages) and Verb-framed (V-languages). The difference here lies in the lexicalization of the path of motion. If one language codifies or ‘frames’ a path within the verb (e.g. Spanish María cruzó el parque), then it is a ‘verb-framed’ language, whereas if it codifies path through satellites (e.g. English Mary walked across (the park)), it is referred to as being ‘satelliteframed’. Thus, apparently, and due to lexicalization patterns, there exist remarkable differences between the two languages in what concerns the variety of verbs expressing manner of motion. In this preliminary study the focus will be on the English field of motion along the diachronic dimension. For this purpose, the metaphorical us...
The semantic domain of motion and space has been exhaustively studied in the last decades, being ... more The semantic domain of motion and space has been exhaustively studied in the last decades, being considered a cognitive universal. Research in the particular field of motion is mainly based on Talmy’s (1991, 2000, 2007) typological classification of languages into Satellite-framed (S-languages) and Verb-framed (V-languages). The difference here lies in the lexicalization of the path of motion. If one language codifies or ‘frames’ a path within the verb (e.g. Spanish María cruzó el parque), then it is a ‘verb-framed’ language, whereas if it codifies path through satellites (e.g. English Mary walked across (the park)), it is referred to as being ‘satelliteframed’. Thus, apparently, and due to lexicalization patterns, there exist remarkable differences between the two languages in what concerns the variety of verbs expressing manner of motion. In this preliminary study the focus will be on the English field of motion along the diachronic dimension. For this purpose, the metaphorical us...