Search for dissertations about: "non-actual motion"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words non-actual motion.

2. 1. Motion in Language and Experience : Actual and Non-actual motion in Swedish, French and Thai

   Author : Johan Blomberg; Allmän språkvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; motion situations; non-actual motion; Swedish; elicitation; cognitive linguistics; phenomenology; Thai; French; subjective motion; fictive motion; semantic typology; motion; spatial semantics; motion events;

   Abstract : This thesis deals with motion in language and non-linguistic experience, distinguishing between actual motion (AM) and non-actual motion (NAM). AM is the experience of continuous change in an object’s position, expressed in sentences such as 'The man runs through the forest' and 'The woman is walking'. READ MORE