Variable type framing in Spanish constructions of directed motion

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Abstract

Spanish constructions of telic motion with manner verbs are somewhat problematic for the Talmian typology, while also posing a challenge for constructionist frameworks anchored in English grammar. In response to Talmy (2000), Aske (1989), Morimoto (2008), and Beavers et al. (2010) among others, I demonstrate in this article that this construction type tends to be acceptable whenever the lexical meaning of the verb implies an element of directed motion. Drawing on Goldberg (2006) and Pedersen (2009, 2013), I suggest that schematicity is a typological parameter, and, more specifically, that the term variable type framing may accommodate the case of variation under scrutiny here.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRomance perspectives on Construction Grammar
EditorsHans Boas, Francisco Gonzalvez-García
Number of pages36
Place of PublicationAmsterdam
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company
Publication date2014
Pages269-305
Chapter8
ISBN (Print)9789027204370
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014
SeriesConstructional Approaches to Language
Number15
ISSN1573-594X

Keywords

  • Faculty of Humanities
  • Contruction grammar
  • Spanish

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