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DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nThis study aims to analyze Chinese according to the l
 exical typology of motion event encoding\, applying\nTalmy’s theoretical
  framework of lexicalization patterns. According to this theory\, Path is 
 the crucial\nsemantic component in motion event encoding\, which allows la
 nguages to be classified into two types:\nV(erb)-framed languages\, if Pat
 h is encoded in the verb (i.e. using a Path verb\, e.g. Sp. El perro entr
 ó a la\ncueva (corriendo))\, and S(atellite)-framed languages\, if Path i
 s encoded in a satellite that is external to the\nverb\, and the Manner is
  encoded in the verb (e.g. Eng. The dog ran into the cave).\nMotion event 
 encoding in Chinese is still a matter of debate from different perspective
 s. Some\nscholars classify Chinese as S-framed\, others as as V-framed\, w
 hereas others as E(quipollently)-framed\nlanguage\, as it involves complex
  construction with the non-hierarchical co-occurrence of both a\nManner ve
 rb and a Path verb (however\, E-framed patterns can be seen as V-framed\, 
 since Path is in fact\nencoded in the verb). More recently\, six motion ev
 ent encoding patterns in Chinese have been identified\,\nas well as the ro
 le played by the registers\, being V-framed patterns more often used in Ch
 inese spoken\nlanguage.\nTo further investigate the typological behavior o
 f Chinese with respect to motion event encoding\, in\nthe present study a 
 group of native speakers was asked to describe orally eight brief videos\,
  taken from a\ncartoon\, referring to different kinds of motion events. Th
 e data show that Chinese mainly belongs to the\nV-framed type (77.5%)\, al
 though there are some contexts showing the S-framed constructional pattern
 \n(5%)\; in the remaining contexts (17.5%)\, speakers did not express any 
 Path component\, using only\nManner verbs\, thus making those cases hard t
 o classify. In addition to the six patterns previously\nidentified\, it is
  noteworthy that the data show the presence of some contexts (25%) that co
 rrespond to\nthree new encoding patterns.\nOverall\, the results of the pr
 esent study confirm that Chinese is mainly coherent with the Vframed type\
 , even if the S-framed pattern is also attested\, and show that more compl
 ex new constructional\npatterns actually emerge. These results highlight t
 he importance of adopting a flexible typological\nperspective and the need
  for further studies to analyze the complexity of motion event encoding in
 \nChinese.
DTSTAMP:20260419T080840Z
LOCATION:Online Session
SUMMARY:New Insights on Motion Event Encoding in Chinese - Gloria Caracappa
  | Castrenze Nigrelli
URL:https://conference-hub.linguistic-society.com/athens-2026/talk/NVQ3KT/
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