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- Hemeren, Paul E., et al.
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Lexicalization of natural actions and cross-linguistic stability
- 2008
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Ingår i: Proceedings of ISCA Tutorial and Research Workshop On Experimental Linguistics ExLing 2008. - : University of Athens. - 9789604660209 ; , s. 105-108
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- To what extent do Modern Greek, Polish, Swedish and American English similarly lexicalize action concepts, and how similar are the semantic associations between verbs denoting natural actions? Previous results indicate cross-linguistic stability between American English, Swedish, and Polish in verbs denoting basic human body movement, mouth movements, and sound production. The research reported here extends the cross-linguistic comparison to include Greek, which, unlike Polish, American English and Swedish, is a path-language. We used action imagery criteria to obtain lists of verbs from native Greek speakers. The data were analyzed by using multidimensional scaling, and the results were compared to those previously obtained.
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