Chapter published in:
Broader Perspectives on Motion Event DescriptionsEdited by Yo Matsumoto and Kazuhiro Kawachi
[Human Cognitive Processing 69] 2020
► pp. 41–62
Patterns of deictic expressions in Hungarian motion event descriptions
Kiyoko Eguchi | University of Miyazaki
This chapter aims to examine how deictic notions
(Deixis) are expressed in Hungarian motion event descriptions.
Hungarian is one of the languages in which Path is
expressed in satellites and other “head-external elements” (Matsumoto 2017) (i.e.
elements outside the main verb root). However, this does not apply
to Deixis, although it is often regarded as a component of Path
(Talmy 2000). Deixis
in Hungarian is expressed in interesting ways, differently from
Talmy’s non-deictic Path notions (e.g. UP, INTO). It can be
expressed in the main verb root, where Manner can also be expressed,
or outside the main verb root, where Path can be expressed. In
addition, different deictic elements can co-occur, and a (seemingly)
identical notion can be specified in more than one slot in the same
clause. The present chapter discusses the kinds of constraints that
are placed on the use of each type of deictic expression, and
investigates the circumstances under which expressions are chosen
for use in descriptions of self-motion, caused motion, and the
fictive motion of vision.
Keywords: competition, co-occurrence, deixis, head-external
Published online: 11 August 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/hcp.69.02egu
https://doi.org/10.1075/hcp.69.02egu
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