A nanosyntactic approach to the parameterization of directed motion constructions in English, Korean, and Russian

• 발행기관: 경희대학교 언어정보연구소
• 저자명: Jacee Cho Hakyung Jung
• 간행물 정보: 『언어연구』제42권 제1호, 31~52쪽, 전체 22쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 언어학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2025.03.31

국문 초록

The aim of this paper is to propose a typology of how languages differ in packaging specific semantic elements into the verb and the goal complement in directed motion expressions. We build on the nanosyntactic approach to crosslinguistic variation in directed motion constructions, as proposed by Son and Svenonius (2008),and provide supporting experimental data. Three language types are distinguished based on the lexicalization patterns of the semantic elements PathGOAL and Dir, exemplified by Korean, Russian, and English. Our experimental study reveals a strong association between the presence of an overt goal and the use of the deictic motion verb ka-tain Korean, which we attribute to the encoding of PathGOAL in ka-ta. In contrast, no such correlation was observed in English and Russian, in which PathGOAL is not lexicalized by verbs. English and Russian differ in that English manner-of-motion verbs do not encode Dir, while Russian manner-of-motion verbs distinguish unidirectional and multidirectional motions through verbal stem variation. This difference results in the distinctive use of unidirectional verbs in Russian for unidirectional motion events both with and without overt goals, whereas in English, there are no specific patterns related to directionality.

목차

1. Introduction

2. Crosslinguistic variation in directed manner of motion constructions in Korean, English, and Russian

3. Experiment

4. Results

5. Discussion and conclusions

References

키워드

language typology directed motion constructions nanosyntax Korean English Russian