Motion in Chinese: Event Conceptualization and Grammatical Realization (Hardcover, 2021)

Acknowledgements Abstract List of Tables List of Figures List of Abbreviations Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Theoretical Stand 1.2 Motion: The Concept and Its Role in Human Conception and Language 1.3 The Scope and Arrangement of the Book 1.4 The Data Chapter 2 Formulation of Motion: Fillmore, Talmy, Langacker, Jackendoff, and Wierzbicka 2.1 Fillmorean Source-Path-Goal Formulation 2.2 Talmy's Figure-Move-Path-Ground Characterization 2.3 Other Accounts: Langacker, Jackendoff, and Wierzbicka 2.4 Closing Remarks Chapter 3 Figure and Ground 3.1 The Movability Hierarchy and Figure/Ground Assignment 3.2 Figure and Ground as Prototype Categories 3.3 Event-dependent Characteristics of Figure and Ground 3.4 The Representation of Figure and Ground 3.5 Conclusion Chapter 4 Move, Path, and Manner: Patterns of Packaging Meaning in Form 4.1 Talmy's Lexicalization Patterns 4.2 Parallel System of Lexicalization in Chinese 4.3 Conclusion Chapter 5 Path and Move 5.1 Path as the Defining Property of Motion 5.2 Path as a Conceptual Complex 5.2.1 Vector 5.2.2 Conformation 5.2.3 Direction 5.2.4 Dimension 5.2.5 Perspective 5.2.6 Summary 5.3 Path and Move: Patterns of Representation 5.3.1 Complement Verbs 5.3.2 Prepositions 5.3.3 Path Verbs 5.4 Summary Chapter 6 Manner and Move 6.1 The Conflation of Manner and Move 6.2 Chinese [Manner + Move] Verbs 6.3 Summary Chapter 7 Motion Expression Pedagogy and Acquisition Appendix: The Cognitive Semantics of the Mandarin Preposition XIANG