Motion and the English verb: a diachronic study

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This work is a study of how motion is expressed in medieval English. It provides extensive inventories of verbs used in intransitive motion meanings in Old and Middle English and discusses these in terms of the manner-salience of early English.

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Full title :Motion and the English verb : a diachronic study / Judith Huber.

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Publication Date:2017

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Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:New York, NY
Language:eng
Publication Date:2017

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Description:1 online resource

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ISBN:9780190657833, 0190657839, 9780190657819, 0190657812
oclc:ocn979969830
LC Classification:PE1271
Dewey Decimal:429/.56

Cover; Series; Motion and the English Verb; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 Different ways of talking about motion; 1.2 Aims of the present study; 1.3 Structure of the present study; Chapter 2 Theoretical framework; 2.1 Typology of motion expression; 2.1.1 The motion event and its components; 2.1.2 What's in the verb? path-, manner-, and figure-conflation; 2.1.3 Where is path encoded? Verb- and satellite-framing; 2.1.4 Concomitant characteristics of verb- and satellite-framing; 2.1.4.1 Boundary-crossing constraint on manner verbs in V-languages

2.1.4.2 Multiple path segments in S-languages2.1.4.3 Higher manner salience and larger manner verb vocabulary in S-languages; 2.1.4.4 Overview; 2.2 Constructionist approach; 2.2.1 Differences-motion in the verb or in the construction?; 2.2.2 Constructional meaning: the intransitive motion construction; 2.2.3 Verb meaning; 2.2.4 Avoiding implausible verb senses; 2.3 Classifying motion verbs; 2.3.1 manner; 2.3.2 path; 2.3.3 Borderline cases-manner and path verbs as prototype categories; Chapter 3 Problems with historical data; 3.1 The textual evidence; 3.1.1 Quantity

3.1.2 Register and genre3.1.2…

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English language -- Middle English English language -- Old English English language -- Verb FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Old & Middle … LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General Motion Motion -- Terminology Mouvement -- Terminologie TERMINOLOGY