Motion Descriptions in English and Greek: A Cross-Typological Developmental Study of Conversations and Narratives

Theoretical claims about typologically constrained differences in how speakers habitually describe physical motion are tested through three cross-linguistic developmental studies. Three types of data are analyzed in Greek and English, languages here characterized respectively as Verb- and Satellite-...

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Main Authors: Stathis Selimis, Demetra Katis
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Bern Open Publishing 2010-04-01
Series:Linguistik Online
Online Access:https://bop.unibe.ch/linguistik-online/article/view/421