Talmy proposed that languages fall into two types on the basis of where the semantic component of PATH is conflated in a Motion event. In his bifurcation, if the PATH is characteristically represented in the main verb of a sentence, the language is verb-framed, if it is characteristically represented in the satellite of the verb; the language is satellite-framed. In this framework, Chinese fall...

Since Talmy (2000 a&b) introduced his linguistic typology based on event conflation, it has been the source of much debate and ongoing research. One area that can particularly benefit from such research is the field of Second Language Acquisition. Cadierno (2008), Inagaki (2002) and many others have attempted to unveil the differences and difficulties that occur when learning a second language ...

The verb-framed vs. satellite-framed language dichotomy (Talmy, 1985) is the most common framework used in the crosslinguistic investigation of motion event expressions. According to the classification, French is a verb-framed language, it integrates the path of motion into the main verb and uses a separate component to express the manner of motion. On the other hand, English, a satellite-frame...

Motion events typically involve an entity moving along a path in a certain manner. Research on language typology has identified three types of languages based on the characteristic expression of manner and path information. In satellite-framed languages, the main verb expresses information about manner of movement and a subordinate satellite element (e.g., a verb particle) to the verb conveys t...

There has been a hot debate on the typological status of Mandarin Chinese in Talmyan framework of Verb-framed languages (V-languages) and Satellite-framed Languages(S-languages). However, most previous studies focus on motion events, while other macro-events (Talmy, 2000) receive little attention. The present study aims to investigate event of realization in Mandarin Chinese with experimental m...

Motion Predicates and the Compounding Parameter: A New Approach William Snyder University of Connecticut and Haskins Laboratories University of Maryland,15 April 2005 1. Background 1.1 Talmy’s Verb-framed/Satellite-framed Typology (1) Talmy (1985, 1991, 2000) distinguishes between “satellite-framed” (Englishtype) languages and “verb-framed” (Spanish-type) languages. (2) In English, path is norm...

In this chapter, we explore how different languages describe events of putting things in places, and how children begin to talk about such events in their very early multi-word utterances. Our aim in focusing on the domain of “putting” events is to allow us to identify some important semantic and psycholinguistic factors that influence the course of acquisition. The overarching question is to d...

Abstract Talmy’s motion event typology (Talmy, Leonard. 2000 . Towards a cognitive semantics: Conceptual structuring systems , vol. 2. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press) has served as an influential framework for exploring representation across languages. While confirming its basic premises, many studies argued that the cannot fully capture vast intra- and inter-typological variations. Consequently,...

In recent decades, much has been discovered about the different ways in which people can talk about motion (Talmy, 1985, 1991; Slobin, 1996, 1997, 2004). Slobin (1997) has suggested that satellite-framed languages typically have a larger andmore diverse lexicon of manner of motion verbs (such as run, fly, and scramble) when compared to verb-framed languages. Slobin (2004) has claimed that large...