Table of contents
Preface
VII
IntroductionMotion event descriptions in broader perspective
1
Part I.Path and deixis in individual languages
Chapter 1.Distinct coding of Deixis and Path in Kathmandu Newar
25
Chapter 2.Patterns of deictic expressions in Hungarian motion event
descriptions
41
Chapter 3.Patterns of path encoding in German
63
Chapter 4.Syntactic and semantic structures of Thai motion expressions
105
Part II.Crosslinguistic and theoretical studies
Chapter 5.A fine-grained analysis of manner salience: Experimental evidence from Japanese and English
143
Chapter 6.Attraction of attention in perceived motion events weighed against
typology and cognitive cost: An experimental study of French
181
Chapter 7.Should Talmy’s motion typology be expanded to visual motion? An investigation into expressions of motion, agentive motion, and
visual motion in Sidaama (Sidamo)
205
Chapter 8.Looking into visual motion expressions in Dutch, English, and
French: How languages stick to well-trodden typological paths
235
Chapter 9.Neutral and specialized path coding: Toward a new typology of path-coding devices and languages
281
Index
317
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