Title The segmentation and representation of translocative motion events in English and Chinese discourse : a contrastive study / Guofeng Zheng

Published Singapore : Springer ; [Shanghai] : Jintly published with Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource (202 pages) Contents Introduction -- MEP Principles and the Segmentation and Representation of TME -- Research Design and Data Tagging -- General Statistical Description of English and Chinese TME Constructions -- Contrasting the Representation of TMEs in English and Chinese -- Conclusion Summary This book provides a systematic, contrastive analysis of the segmentation and representation of English and Chinese Translocative Motion Events (TMEs), which possess Macro-Event Property (MEP). It addresses all the issues critical to understanding TMEs in English and Chinese, from event segmentation, MEP principles and the conceptual structure of TMEs and their constituents, to the representation of Actant, Motion, Path and Ground. The book argues that the corpus-based alignment for the TME segmentation in both languages, the parameters of Actant, Motion, Path and Ground and their relevant statistical description are particularly important for understanding English and Chinese TMEs. The linguistic materialization of Actant, Ground, Path and Motion, together with a wealth of tables and figures, offers convincing evidence to support the typological classification of English and Chinese. The books suggestions regarding the Talmyan bipartite typology and Bohnemeyers MEP contribute to the advancement of TME studies and language typology, and help learners to understand motion events and English-Chinese typological similarities and differences Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 11, 2021) Subject Motion in language. Direction in language. Grammar, Comparative and general -- Verb. Grammar, Comparative and general -- Locative constructions. Chinese language -- Grammar, Comparative -- English English language -- Grammar, Comparative -- Chinese Comparative linguistics. Chinese language -- Grammar, Comparative -- English Comparative linguistics Direction in language English language -- Grammar, Comparative -- Chinese Grammar, Comparative and general -- Locative constructions Grammar, Comparative and general -- Verb Motion in language Form Electronic book ISBN 9789813340374 9813340371

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