Chapter published in:
The Semantics of Dynamic Space in French: Descriptive, experimental and formal studies on motion expressionEdited by Michel Aurnague and Dejan Stosic
[Human Cognitive Processing 66] 2019
► pp. 32–65
About asymmetry of motion in French
Some properties and a principle
Michel Aurnague | CLLE-ERSS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS & UT2J, France
This chapter addresses the issue of “goal bias” and asymmetry of motion in French. The semantics of verbs of strict autonomous motion is first captured through their spatio-temporal schemata defined in terms of change of basic locative relation and change of placement. The possibility, for the verbs, of appearing in implicit landmark constructions, their association with a spatial PP having an opposite “polarity” and the prepositions’ contribution to dynamic spatial descriptions are successively reviewed in order to identify the most important properties of asymmetry of motion in French. Several of these properties seem to ensue from the spatio-temporal structure of motion events. A pragmatic principle is also highlighted, which is likely to favor the emergence of goal bias in language.
Keywords: goal bias, strict motion verbs, implicit landmark, opposite polarities, prepositions, event structure
Article outline
- 1.Introduction: From goal bias to asymmetry of motion
- 2.A semantic framework for dynamic space in French
- 3.Implicit landmarks and opposite polarities
- 4.Spatial prepositions from a dynamic viewpoint
- 5.Listing and linking the properties
- 6.Language, cognition and asymmetry of motion
- 6.1From language structure to language use
- 6.2Principle of positive/current localization
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Published online: 29 July 2019
https://doi.org/10.1075/hcp.66.01aur
https://doi.org/10.1075/hcp.66.01aur
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