Chapter 8. Metaphorical motion constructions across specialized genres
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Rosario Caballero
Abstract
In this paper I discuss the metaphorical motivation of the figurative – fictive and metaphorical – motion constructions found in architecture, wine, and tennis texts as the preliminary step to argue for the need to adopt a discourse approach to exploring fictive motion in general. My main contention is that in order to explore this phenomenon particular attention needs to be paid to the topic(s) thus predicated, the users of the metaphors (bringing in the discourse communities they belong to), and the characteristics of the discourses and genre(s) where the expressions are used.
Abstract
In this paper I discuss the metaphorical motivation of the figurative – fictive and metaphorical – motion constructions found in architecture, wine, and tennis texts as the preliminary step to argue for the need to adopt a discourse approach to exploring fictive motion in general. My main contention is that in order to explore this phenomenon particular attention needs to be paid to the topic(s) thus predicated, the users of the metaphors (bringing in the discourse communities they belong to), and the characteristics of the discourses and genre(s) where the expressions are used.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents vii
- Editor and contributors xi
- Foreword. Past, present, and future of motion research 1
- Introduction. Motion and semantic typology 13
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Part I. Delving into motion event typology
- Chapter 1. The typology of manner expressions 39
- Chapter 2. Expressing and categorizing motion in French and English 61
- Chapter 3. The functional nature of deictic verbs and the coding patterns of Deixis 95
- Chapter 4. The importance of minority languages in motion event typology 123
- Chapter 5. Latin to Ancient Italian motion constructions 151
- Chapter 6. The early life of borrowed path verbs in English 177
- Chapter 7. Non-actual motion in language and experience 205
- Chapter 8. Metaphorical motion constructions across specialized genres 229
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Part II. Expanding motion event typology
- Chapter 9. Crossing the road or crossing the mind 257
- Chapter 10. Thinking for speaking about motion in a second language 279
- Chapter 11. Motion event contrasts in Romance languages 301
- Chapter 12. Verb-framed, satellite-framed or in between? 329
- Chapter 13. On the reception of translations 367
- Chapter 14. Applying language typology 399
- Afterword. Typologies and language use 419
- Author index 447
- Subject index 453
- Language index 459
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents vii
- Editor and contributors xi
- Foreword. Past, present, and future of motion research 1
- Introduction. Motion and semantic typology 13
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Part I. Delving into motion event typology
- Chapter 1. The typology of manner expressions 39
- Chapter 2. Expressing and categorizing motion in French and English 61
- Chapter 3. The functional nature of deictic verbs and the coding patterns of Deixis 95
- Chapter 4. The importance of minority languages in motion event typology 123
- Chapter 5. Latin to Ancient Italian motion constructions 151
- Chapter 6. The early life of borrowed path verbs in English 177
- Chapter 7. Non-actual motion in language and experience 205
- Chapter 8. Metaphorical motion constructions across specialized genres 229
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Part II. Expanding motion event typology
- Chapter 9. Crossing the road or crossing the mind 257
- Chapter 10. Thinking for speaking about motion in a second language 279
- Chapter 11. Motion event contrasts in Romance languages 301
- Chapter 12. Verb-framed, satellite-framed or in between? 329
- Chapter 13. On the reception of translations 367
- Chapter 14. Applying language typology 399
- Afterword. Typologies and language use 419
- Author index 447
- Subject index 453
- Language index 459
