The Semantics of Dynamic Space in French: Descriptive, experimental and formal studies on motion expression
Edited by Michel Aurnague and Dejan Stosic
[Human Cognitive Processing, 66] 2019. ix, 396 pp.
Michel Aurnague
List of John Benjamins publications for which Michel Aurnague plays a role.
Titles
Subjects Cognition and language | Cognitive linguistics | Romance linguistics | Semantics | Theoretical linguistics
The Categorization of Spatial Entities in Language and Cognition
Edited by Michel Aurnague, Maya Hickmann † and Laure Vieu
[Human Cognitive Processing, 20] 2007. viii, 371 pp.
Subjects Cognition and language | Semantics | Theoretical linguistics
Articles
2022 Chapter 6. Implicit landmarks and opposite polarities in French motion predicates Neglected Aspects of Motion-Event Description: Deixis, asymmetries, constructions, Sarda, Laure and Benjamin Fagard (eds.), pp. 125–148 | Chapter
This chapter tackles two important aspects of the association of French motion verbs and spatial PPs. The main notions used in order to characterize strict motion predicates are first recalled. The possibility, for the verbs, of appearing in constructions that do not express the landmark entity… read more
2019 About asymmetry of motion in French: Some properties and a principle The Semantics of Dynamic Space in French: Descriptive, experimental and formal studies on motion expression, Aurnague, Michel and Dejan Stosic (eds.), pp. 32–65 | Chapter
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… read more
2019 Recent advances in the study of motion in French: A survey The Semantics of Dynamic Space in French: Descriptive, experimental and formal studies on motion expression, Aurnague, Michel and Dejan Stosic (eds.), pp. 2–28 | Chapter
2012 Quand la routine s’installe: Remarques sur les emplois de à de type ‘routine sociale’ Revue Romane 47:2, pp. 189–218 | Article
The use of the preposition à ‘at’ involving ‘social routines’ gave rise to less attention than its locative use in the linguistic literature on space. In this paper, we highlight the main properties of this use of the preposition –‘functional’ expression of an activity or state, neutrality to… read more
2011 How motion verbs are spatial: The spatial foundations of intransitive motion verbs in French Lingvisticæ Investigationes 34:1, pp. 1–34 | Article
This paper aims to bring out the spatial properties of motion eventualities by focusing on French intransitive motion verbs. After examining changes of posture and changes of placement, we introduce the concept of change of basic locative relation (J.-P. Boons 1987) in order to accurately grasp the… read more
2007 Categorizing spatial entities with frontal orientation: The role of function, motion and saliency in the processing of the French Internal Localization Nouns avant/devant The Categorization of Spatial Entities in Language and Cognition, Aurnague, Michel, Maya Hickmann † and Laure Vieu (eds.), pp. 153–175 | Article
This chapter presents the results froma pointing task that examined French adult’s processing of Internal Localization Nouns (ILNs), with particular attention to avant (‘front’) and devant (‘front surface’). Performance in this task shows that the parameters governing the frontal orientation(s)… read more
2007 Introduction: Searching for the categorization of spatial entities in language and cognition The Categorization of Spatial Entities in Language and Cognition, Aurnague, Michel, Maya Hickmann † and Laure Vieu (eds.), pp. 1–32 | Article
2007 Part-of relations, functionality and dependence The Categorization of Spatial Entities in Language and Cognition, Aurnague, Michel, Maya Hickmann † and Laure Vieu (eds.), pp. 307–336 | Article
That language hosts a multiplicity of part-whole relations is largely accepted, but no complete formal account is currently available. We first show how most distinctions between part-whole relations can be explained by considering the ontological categories of the arguments. We then focus on… read more
1995 L'expression de L'espace en Basque: À Propos du Génitif et de L'inessif Lingvisticæ Investigationes 19:1, pp. 15–55 | Article
This paper deals with the expression of static localization in Basque. It proposes an analyzis of two spatial inflectional cases — genitive and inessive — bringing to the fore that their interpretation heavily relies on functional notions. The fact that Basque makes use of two distinct genitives… read more