The chapter deals with the lexical coding of manner of motion in French. A twofold aim is
pursued: to provide a better understanding of what manner is from the semantic point of view …

This chapter deals with the syntactic status of locative constituents combining with motion
verbs in French. It aims at answering the following questions: are locative PPs arguments or …

This paper investigates the semantic structure of motion verbs in French and re-evaluates its
place in the typology of Motion events (Talmy 1991, 2000). It illustrates how, contrary to its …

This chapter addresses the issue of the interaction between evaluative morphology and the
semantics of dynamic space in French by exploring the possibilities of constructing …

Recent decades have witnessed an increasing interest in motion events resulting in
thorough knowledge about expressions of manner. However, the individual dimensions of …

This chapter addresses the issue of “goal bias” and asymmetry of motion in French. The
semantics of verbs of strict autonomous motion is first captured through their spatio-temporal …

This paper offers a detailed description of lexicalisation patterns for the expression of motion
available in French. By doing so, it brings to the fore patterns unaccounted for in the existing …

The typological classification of motion events lexicalization proposed by Leonard Talmy
distinguishes between two main types: Verb-Framed (henceforth VF) and Satellite-Framed …

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the expression of motion in French and to present
a first (and, at this stage, descriptive) view of the typological change that has occurred in the …

This paper aims to bring out the spatial properties of motion eventualities by focusing on
French intransitive motion verbs. After examining changes of posture and changes of …