New horizons in the study of motion : bringing together applied and theoretical perspectives / edited by Iraide Ibarretxe-Antuñano and Alberto Hijazo-Gascón.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ibarretxe-Antunano, Iraide, editor.

Hijazo-Gascón, Alberto, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion in language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

Summary:

Talmy's lexicalization patterns and Slobin's "Thinking for Speaking" hypothesis have attracted a lot of attention in fields such as linguistics, psychology, and anthropology, among others. While researchers might not agree on how, or to what extent, lexicalization patterns influence speakers' online/offline verbalization of motion, it is an undeniable fact that these theories have been, and still are, a "trending topic" in these research areas, evidenced by the contributions to this book. All papers brought together here use Talmy's and Slobin's ideas as a point of departure to explore how sec

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part One: Applying Motion

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Part Two: Widening Theoretical Perspectives

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 17, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4438-8663-7

OCLC:

930994452