Chapter 9. Co-event relations in Swedish motion constructions
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Joel Olofsson
Abstract
This paper discusses co-events denoted by verbs used in Swedish motion events. The motion events are analyzed as constructions in the sense of construction grammar, in which the motion component can be argued to be evoked by a syntactic construction rather than by the verb per se.
The manner of motion aspect of motion events has been extensively explored in typological research. The purpose of the paper is to give an overview of co-events often neglected in this research on motion events. Based on empirical findings in large corpora, this paper also focuses on co-event relations other than manner, such as concomitant activities, concurrent results, predicatives and modality.
Abstract
This paper discusses co-events denoted by verbs used in Swedish motion events. The motion events are analyzed as constructions in the sense of construction grammar, in which the motion component can be argued to be evoked by a syntactic construction rather than by the verb per se.
The manner of motion aspect of motion events has been extensively explored in typological research. The purpose of the paper is to give an overview of co-events often neglected in this research on motion events. Based on empirical findings in large corpora, this paper also focuses on co-event relations other than manner, such as concomitant activities, concurrent results, predicatives and modality.
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
