Motion in Tswana and its characteristic lexicalization
| Autor: | Ronald P. Schaefer |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />French |
| Rok vydání: | 1985 |
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| Zdroj: | Studies in African Linguistics, Vol 16, Iss 1 (1985) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0039-3533 2154-428X |
| Popis: | Characteristic patterns for the lexicalization of motion in Tswana, a Southeastern Bantu language, are explored. Examination of constraints governing classes of verb roots referring to motion events reveals two of the typological patterns put forward by Talmy [1984] for the lexicalization of motion in natural language. The distinguishing feature of each pattern lies in the particular semantic elements incorporated in a main clause verb root. The fact of Motion and Manner/Cause are incorporated in the verb root when lexicalizing complex location-motion events. However, when lexicalizing complex motion events of a directional nature, as well as both locational- and directional- motion events of a less complex nature, the verb root incorporates the fact of Motion and the Path which a moving object takes. |
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