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Flecken, Monique; Carroll, Mary; Weimar, Katja; Von Stutterheim, Christiane – Modern Language Journal, 2015
The typological contrast between verb- and satellite-framed languages (Talmy, 1985) has set the basis for many empirical studies on L2 acquisition. The current analysis goes beyond this typology by looking in detail at the conceptualization of the path of motion in a motion event. We take as a starting point the cognitive salience of specific…
Descriptors: Motion, Language Processing, Second Language Learning, Verbs