Uncommon Ground: Ground-Encoding In Dâw Motion Verbs.

Cross-linguistic research shows that languages differ in how they encode the basic semantic components of motion events (figure, motion, manner, path, and ground) in their grammars and lexicons. While manner and path encoding have received significant attention, one core component has been underesti...

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Published in:	International Journal of American Linguistics Vol. 92; no. 2; pp. 209 - 238
Main Author:	Obert, Karolin
Format:	Article
Published:	University of Chicago Press Apr2026
Subjects:	Encoding Morphosyntax Linguistic typology Structural linguistics Verbs Language & languages Lexicology Brazil
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