Roll up / venez: an invitation to corpus-based research in motion typology

This paper highlights some facets of motion typology, applied here to mainly English and French. These two languages are not perfect examples satellite-framed verb-framed languages, in Leonard Talmy’s well-known but they can nonetheless be shown differ a number related respects: compared (and other Germanic languages), French (like Romance languages) is quite constrained its use Manner-of-motion verbs. also lacks true particles – Path satellites without Ground that syntactically detached from the verb. Drawing on my previous research, I briefly discuss simple apparently sufficiently efficient corpus -based translation studies reveal these differences show up when we compare texts originally written with translated vs. German (or languages). A third, more recent, study contrasts single novel Dutch translations, focusing expressions visual motion. Here, too, basic encoding preferences (satellite-framed verb-framed) exhibit for actual appear apply, by large, lists precursors Talmy, one whom famously linked linguistic relative hypothesis. It suggested French, because typological nature, may urge speakers convey much detail (neither Manner nor Path) remains an open question, goes beyond purview linguistics, whether this stylistic difference matched deeper cognitive one.