Bringing and taking A cross-linguistic perspective on caused accompanied motion events

Birgit Hellwig, Anna Margetts, Sonja Riesberg, Melanie Schippling

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Abstract

This chapter proposes a typology of expressions of directed caused accompanied motion (directed CAM): it introduces and defines this semantic domain, presents the corpus-based methodology used by the authors of this volume, and gives an overview of the results. It shows that directed CAM expressions tend to be morphosyntactically complex and it identifies four distinct patterns based on the lexical core of the expression: first, with a directed CAM verb; second, with an intransitive motion verb; third, with a transitive verb of accompaniment or of caused (accompanied) motion; or fourth, with a combination of the second and the third options. The chapter discusses each pattern and addresses issues of universality and variability in the domain of directed CAM.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCaused Accompanied Motion
Subtitle of host publicationBringing and taking events in a cross-linguistic perspective
EditorsAnna Margetts, Sonja Riesberg, Birgit Hellwig
Place of PublicationAmsterdam The Netherlands
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company
Chapter1
Pages1-41
Number of pages41
ISBN (Electronic)9789027257864
ISBN (Print)9789027210982
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 May 2022

Publication series

NameTypological Studies in Language
Volume134
ISSN (Print)0167-7373

Keywords

  • accompanied motion
  • caused motion
  • language documentation
  • lexical semantics
  • three-participant events
  • Oceanic
  • Austronesian

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