This article examines second language (L2) learner knowledge of English verb–argument
constructions (VACs), for example, the 'V against n'construction. It investigates to what extent …

In Motion and the English Verb, a study of the expression of motion in medieval English,
Judith Huber provides extensive inventories of verbs used in intransitive motion meanings in …

It is well known that languages differ in how they encode motion. Languages such as
English use verbs that communicate the manner of motion (eg, climb, float), while languages …

In dieser Dissertation wird ein Modell der bilingualen grammatischen Enkodierung
vorgeschlagen, das als zentrale sprachliche Einheit komplexe Zeichen (Konstruktionen) …

This study investigates how typological and metaphorical construal differences may affect
the use and frequency of temporal expressions in English and Spanish. More precisely, we …

Inspired by Talmy's (1985, 2000) seminal work on the lexicalization of motion events, the
linguistic encoding of elements of motion events has been an active area of research …

From Coo to CodeA Brief Story of Language Development | The Oxford Handbook of
Developmental Psychology, Vol. 1Body and Mind | Oxford Academic Skip to Main Content …

This paper presents an analysis of English motion verbs in the specialized field of adventure
tourism and proposes a terminological description of these verbs from a lexico-semantic …

A body of research shows that grammatical gender, although an arbitrary category, is
viewed as the system with its own meaning. However, the question remains to what extent …

Theoretical claims about typologically constrained differences in how speakers habitually
describe physical motion are tested through three cross-linguistic developmental studies …