Expresiones de macroeventos en español: más allá de la tipología de lexicalización
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Yuko Morimoto
Abstract
According to the well-known typology of motion proposed by Talmy (1985), languages can be divided into either verb-framed or satellite-framed. It is generally accepted that Romance languages belong to the former group, whereas Germanic languages are members of the latter. However, from our point of view, in spite of the enormous contribution made by its initial proposal, the most significant development of Talmy’s theory has been achieved thanks to numerous revisions and modifications from various theoretical perspectives. On the one hand, it was Talmy himself (1991; 2000) who suggested a more general applicability of his typology: from this new point of view, the typology in question can be considered a general theory on linguistic expression of complex events, referred to as macroevents. On the other hand, many scholars have pointed out the limitations of Talmy’s typology, based on the existence of a large number of data that do not fit in it (Ibarretxe-Antuñano 2004; 2009; Slobin 2003, among others). Motivated by these limitations, authors like Pedersen (2009) defend the need to abandon a typology which is exclusively focused on lexicalization. The main goal of this paper is to provide some arguments in favour of the two tendencies mentioned above: the extension of Talmy’s typology to include the general domain of macroevents, and the consideration of non-lexical units as an essential object of study for delving into the typological research initiated by the aforementioned author.
Abstract
According to the well-known typology of motion proposed by Talmy (1985), languages can be divided into either verb-framed or satellite-framed. It is generally accepted that Romance languages belong to the former group, whereas Germanic languages are members of the latter. However, from our point of view, in spite of the enormous contribution made by its initial proposal, the most significant development of Talmy’s theory has been achieved thanks to numerous revisions and modifications from various theoretical perspectives. On the one hand, it was Talmy himself (1991; 2000) who suggested a more general applicability of his typology: from this new point of view, the typology in question can be considered a general theory on linguistic expression of complex events, referred to as macroevents. On the other hand, many scholars have pointed out the limitations of Talmy’s typology, based on the existence of a large number of data that do not fit in it (Ibarretxe-Antuñano 2004; 2009; Slobin 2003, among others). Motivated by these limitations, authors like Pedersen (2009) defend the need to abandon a typology which is exclusively focused on lexicalization. The main goal of this paper is to provide some arguments in favour of the two tendencies mentioned above: the extension of Talmy’s typology to include the general domain of macroevents, and the consideration of non-lexical units as an essential object of study for delving into the typological research initiated by the aforementioned author.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contenido V
- Introducción: clases y categorías en la semántica del español 1
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Parte I: Semántica y gramática
- Sobre la naturaleza composicional de las unidades gramaticales 11
- ¿Podría considerarse que el nombre propio es una categoría semiléxica? 47
- La categorización de las subclases léxicas en algunos diccionarios monolingües 71
- Desmontando la equivalencia 101
- Categorías de la lengua y categorías de la realidad 133
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Parte II: Semántica y cognición
- Dificultades para la distinción entre predicados télicos y atélicos 157
- Un modelo onomasiológico y cognitivo para el análisis de la aspectualidad en las lenguas románicas 175
- La integración de la aspectualidad como categoría semántico-funcional en la lingüística española 195
- El estado es eterno mientras dura 217
- Expresiones de macroeventos en español: más allá de la tipología de lexicalización 267
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contenido V
- Introducción: clases y categorías en la semántica del español 1
-
Parte I: Semántica y gramática
- Sobre la naturaleza composicional de las unidades gramaticales 11
- ¿Podría considerarse que el nombre propio es una categoría semiléxica? 47
- La categorización de las subclases léxicas en algunos diccionarios monolingües 71
- Desmontando la equivalencia 101
- Categorías de la lengua y categorías de la realidad 133
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Parte II: Semántica y cognición
- Dificultades para la distinción entre predicados télicos y atélicos 157
- Un modelo onomasiológico y cognitivo para el análisis de la aspectualidad en las lenguas románicas 175
- La integración de la aspectualidad como categoría semántico-funcional en la lingüística española 195
- El estado es eterno mientras dura 217
- Expresiones de macroeventos en español: más allá de la tipología de lexicalización 267
