Chapter 6. Implicit landmarks and opposite polarities in French motion predicates
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Michel Aurnague
Abstract
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 of the motion event is studied (implicit landmark constructions), and it is argued to depend on the spatio-temporal structure of the verbs and on various other factors. Then, the association of verbs and PPs with opposite polarities is examined which turns out to be in close correlation with the existence of an “implicit use”. The conclusion emphasizes the asymmetries/dissymmetries between initial and final motion events revealed by the constructions studied.
Abstract
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 of the motion event is studied (implicit landmark constructions), and it is argued to depend on the spatio-temporal structure of the verbs and on various other factors. Then, the association of verbs and PPs with opposite polarities is examined which turns out to be in close correlation with the existence of an “implicit use”. The conclusion emphasizes the asymmetries/dissymmetries between initial and final motion events revealed by the constructions studied.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Foreword vii
- Chapter 1. Introduction: The description of motion events 1
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Part I. Motion and deixis
- Chapter 2. What does deixis tell us about motion typology? 25
- Chapter 3. Linguistic representations of visual motion 43
- Chapter 4. Deictic directionals revisited in the light of advances in typology 69
- Chapter 5. On a few instances where deictic directionals confound expectations 95
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Part II. Motion and asymmetries
- Chapter 6. Implicit landmarks and opposite polarities in French motion predicates 125
- Chapter 7. Source–Goal asymmetry in Standard Chinese 149
- Chapter 8. Source–Goal asymmetry in German 173
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Part III. Motion and constructions
- Chapter 9. Co-event relations in Swedish motion constructions 189
- Chapter 10. The description of transitive directed motion in Lakhota (Siouan) 209
- Chapter 11. Constraints constrained 235
- Chapter 12. Lexical aspect and morphosyntactic cohesion between motion verbs and spatial particles in Homeric Greek 257
- Language index 273
- Subject index 275
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Foreword vii
- Chapter 1. Introduction: The description of motion events 1
-
Part I. Motion and deixis
- Chapter 2. What does deixis tell us about motion typology? 25
- Chapter 3. Linguistic representations of visual motion 43
- Chapter 4. Deictic directionals revisited in the light of advances in typology 69
- Chapter 5. On a few instances where deictic directionals confound expectations 95
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Part II. Motion and asymmetries
- Chapter 6. Implicit landmarks and opposite polarities in French motion predicates 125
- Chapter 7. Source–Goal asymmetry in Standard Chinese 149
- Chapter 8. Source–Goal asymmetry in German 173
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Part III. Motion and constructions
- Chapter 9. Co-event relations in Swedish motion constructions 189
- Chapter 10. The description of transitive directed motion in Lakhota (Siouan) 209
- Chapter 11. Constraints constrained 235
- Chapter 12. Lexical aspect and morphosyntactic cohesion between motion verbs and spatial particles in Homeric Greek 257
- Language index 273
- Subject index 275
