Chapter 4
Arriving
Understanding events in terms of bodies in locations
Article outline
- The Location Event-Structure Metaphor: An overview
- States are locations
- States are locations: Evidence from English and ASL
- Changes are movements
- Changes are movements: Evidence from English and ASL
- Causes are forces/causation is forced movement
- Causes are forces/causation is forced movement: Evidence from English and ASL
- Actions are self-propelled movements
- Actions are self-propelled movements: Evidence from English and ASL
- Purposes are destinations
- Purposes are destinations: Evidence from English and ASL
- Means are paths
- Means are paths: Evidence from English and ASL
- Difficulties are impediments to motion
- Difficulties are impediments to motion: Evidence from English and ASL
- Freedom of action is the lack of impediments to motion
- Freedom of action is the lack of impediments to motion: Evidence from English and ASL
- External events are large, moving objects
- External events are large, moving objects: Evidence from English and ASL
- Long-Term, purposeful activities are journeys
- Long-Term, purposeful activities are journeys: Evidence from English and ASL
- Chapter summary
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Notes