Linguistic and nonlinguistic evaluation of motion events in a path-focused language

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2022

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Aktan-Erciyes, Asli
Akbuga, Emir
Dik, Feyza Nur
Goksun, Tilbe

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Cambridge Univ Press

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This study examines how properties of path (the trajectory of motion) and manner (how an action is performed) components of motion events are reflected in linguistic and nonlinguistic motion event conceptualization in a path-focused language, Turkish. In two experiments, we investigated how path and manner differed in salience (i.e., prominence) and ease of expression (EoE, i.e., effort of describing), and how these factors were related to lexicalization and similarity judgments of motion events. In Experiment 1, participants rated motion events based on path and manner salience and EoE and expressed path and manner in a written format. Results indicated that manner was rated as more salient and path as easier to express. Path salience and EoE were related to both types (i.e., number of different expressions) and the total number of paths and manners used. However, manner EoE but not salience was associated with only types and the total number of manners used. In Experiment 2, participants rated the similarity of motion event pairs created using the ratings in Experiment 1. We found that higher manner salience and EoE difference were associated with lower similarity ratings. These findings suggest that salience and EoE of path and manner are related to both linguistic and nonlinguistic aspects of motion event conceptualization.

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English, Manner, Japanese, Spanish, Conceptualization, Expression, Speakers, Speaking, Children, Gesture, English, Manner, Japanese, Spanish, Conceptualization, Expression, Speakers, path salience, Speaking, manner salience, Children, path and manner ease of expression, Gesture, nonlinguistic

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Applied Psycholinguistics

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43

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4

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829

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865