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Motion in serializing languages revisited: The case of Avatime

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Van Putten,  Saskia
Syntax, Typology, and Information Structure, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society;
Center for Language Studies , External Organizations;

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Van Putten, S. (2017). Motion in serializing languages revisited: The case of Avatime. STUF - Language Typology and Universals, 70(2), 303-329. doi:10.1515/stuf-2017-0016.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0010-1086-5
Abstract
In the typology of motion lexicalization, two types of languages have traditionally been distinguished: satellite-framed and verb-framed. Serializing languages are difficult to fit into this typology and have been claimed to belong to a third type: equipollently framed. In this paper I use grammatical criteria to show that Avatime, a serializing language, should indeed be classified as equipollently framed. I also study motion descriptions in narratives. Avatime is similar to other serializing languages with respect to path elaboration, but unlike other serializing languages, it has low manner saliency. Equipollently framed languages thus do not behave as a single type.