Chapter 15 Motion event descriptions in Mandarin Chinese

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Series preface V
3. Preface VII
4. Contents IX
5. List of contributors XIII
6. Chapter 1 Introduction: NINJAL project on motion event descriptions across languages (MEDAL) 1
7. Section 1: Languages in Africa
8. Chapter 2 Motion event descriptions in Mombasa Swahili: An experimental study 55
9. Chapter 3 Kupsapiiny as a predominantly anti-verbframed, nonhead path-coding language 91
10. Chapter 4 Does the degree of integration of constructions iconically reflect motion event types? The case of Sidaama 129
11. Section 2: Languages in Europe
12. Chapter 5 Motion event descriptions in English, German, and Norwegian 169
13. Chapter 6 Motion event descriptions in French 213
14. Chapter 7 Path-coding patterns in Italian motion event descriptions 249
15. Chapter 8 The interaction of motion semantic (sub)components in Spanish motion verbs 285
16. Chapter 9 Motion Event Descriptions in Navarro-Lapurdian Basque 315
17. Chapter 10 Path coding in Hungarian: Focus on preverbs 359
18. Chapter 11 Motion event descriptions in Russian: An experimental study 395
19. Section 3: Languages in Asia
20. Chapter 12 Motion event descriptions in Turkish 437
21. Chapter 13 Motion event descriptions in Khorchin Mongolian 477
22. Chapter 14 Motion event descriptions in Japanese: The use of verbal complexes and its impact on typological issues 507
23. Chapter 15 Motion event descriptions in Mandarin Chinese 549
24. Chapter 16 Motion event descriptions and deictic verbs in Kathmandu Newar: An experimental study 589
25. Chapter 17 Motion event descriptions in Thai 627
26. Chapter 18 Motion event descriptions in Ilocano 673
27. Chapter 19 Motion event descriptions in Tagalog 711
28. Section 4: Language in the Americas
29. Chapter 20 Motion event descriptions in Ayacucho Quechua 749
30. Index 783