The prepositions<i>par</i>and<i>à travers</i>and the categorization of spatial entities in French

Stošić, Dejan

doi:10.1075/hcp.20.06sto

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“…As shown in M. Aurnague (2000) and D. Stosic (2002Stosic ( , 2007Stosic ( , 2009, the preposition à travers localizes a target within the landmark introduced by its nominal object and implies that the trajectory of a mobile target is extended enough with respect to the whole landmark ("constraint of minimal extension/coverage"). Utterances which combine a verb of change of posture and an à travers-headed PP are usually rejected (3-4).…”

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“…Many analyses distinguish these predicates from simple changes of placement on the basis of their aspectual properties (inner aspect, Aktionsart), the former eventualities being telic (accomplishments or achievements) and the latter ones atelic. As highlighted in M. Aurnague (2000), M. Aurnague and D. Stosic (2002) and D. Stosic (2002Stosic ( , 2007, these two categories of verbs behave differently with respect to their association with a PP headed by the preposition par 'by' . Whereas the utterances containing a verb of change of placement seem hardly acceptable to many present speakers or are, at best, interpreted through 8.…”

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“…took hold of the saucepan by the handle') or "inchoative process" (e.g., Le torchon a brûlé par le haut 'The towel burned from the top') in D. Stosic (2002Stosic ( , 2007.…”

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How motion verbs are spatial

Aurnague

2011

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This paper aims to bring out the spatial properties of motion eventualities by focusing on French intransitive motion verbs. After examining changes of posture and changes of placement, we introduce the concept of change of basic locative relation (J.-P. Boons 1987) in order to accurately grasp the telic processes usually characterized as changes of location. The complex combinatory possibilities as between changes of relation and changes of placement are then illustrated by pinpointing the factors that condition the use of predicates of change of placement in utterances denoting changes of relation and placement (the notion of tendenciality). Finally, a categorization of French intransitive verbs of change of relation and placement is proposed, which is based on the way these two notions interact in their semantics.

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How motion verbs are spatial

Aurnague

2011

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“…Specifically, Chinese adheres to a Localizer Condition according to which a localizer is not required if the information conveyed in the path verb and the (thing) ground is sufficiently specific to identify the figure's final location with respect to the (thing) ground. This condition is sensitive to both the figure-ground spatial relationships specified by path verbs and the physical and functional properties of grounds (Stosic 2007, Tutton 2009. In addition, I show that the effects of the Localizer Condition are observed in other languages, despite differences in encoding spatial relations (Ameka 1999, Choi andSarda 2007).…”

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“…1983, cf. Choi and Sarda 2007, Stosic 2007. Spatial regions that can locate things are typically conceptualized as places (e.g., New York, China) (Jackendoff 1983).…”

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A figure’s final location must be identifiable: Localizer distribution in Chinese motion expressions

Lin¹

2011

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Region Prepositions: The View from French

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Tse²

2021

Can. J. Linguist.

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The goal of this article is to offer a formal account of region prepositions in French. We define region prepositions as prepositions that denote non-oriented locations and resist modification with measure phrases (e.g., au nez de in #dix metres au nez de l'avion ‘ten meters from (in front of) the tip of the airplane’). We show that region prepositions may involve items that include inflected markers or items involving “bare” markers (au bord de ‘at the edge of’ vs. à droite de ‘to the right of’). We analyze the relation between structure and semantic type to show that this distribution stems from the morpho-syntactic properties of their “internal location nouns” (e.g., nez, bord, droite, sommet). We offer a feature-driven analysis of these prepositions that hinges on a Lexical Syntax account and can capture all of the relevant data in a unified perspective. We conclude by discussing some theoretical consequences for accounts of spatial prepositions.

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The prepositionsparandà traversand the categorization of spatial entities in French

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How motion verbs are spatial

How motion verbs are spatial

A figure’s final location must be identifiable: Localizer distribution in Chinese motion expressions

Region Prepositions: The View from French

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