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The description of transitive directed motion in Lakhota (Siouan)

  • Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

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Abstract

Siouan languages such as Lakhota provide an interesting case for the study of transitive directed motion descriptions because of their rich inventory of deictic motion verbs and instrumental (causative) affixes. The goal of this article is to show in detail how the different meaning components involved in such descriptions are distributed over the lexicon, the morphology, and the syntax of Lakhota. In particular, Lakhota supports a multi-verb construction for expressing transitive directed motion that consists of a transitivized deictic motion verb used as the main verb, which encodes caused motion or accompanied motion, and a dependent verb that describes the way in which the actor sets or keeps the undergoer in motion and the manner in which the undergoer moves.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNeglected Aspects of Motion-Event Description Deixis, asymmetries, constructions
EditorsLaure Sarda, Benjamin Fagard
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company
Pages209-233
Number of pages25
ISBN (Electronic)9789027257819
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022

Publication series

NameHuman Cognitive Processing
Volume72
ISSN (Print)1387-6724

Keywords

  • Causation
  • Deictic motion
  • Lakhota
  • Multi-verb construction
  • Siouan
  • Transitive motion

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