02823oam 2200445 450 991048464170332120230629235303.0981-334-037-110.1007/978-981-33-4037-4(CKB)4100000011631549(MiAaPQ)EBC6419279(DE-He213)978-981-33-4037-4(EXLCZ)99410000001163154920210527d2021 uy 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe segmentation and representation of translocative motion events in English and Chinese discourse a contrastive study /Guofeng Zheng1st ed. 2021.Singapore :Springer,[2021]©20211 online resource (XVIII, 190 p. 114 illus., 6 illus. in color.) 981-334-036-3 Introduction -- MEP Principles and the Segmentation and Representation of TME -- Research Design and Data Tagging -- General Statistical Description of English and Chinese TME Constructions -- Contrasting the Representation of TMEs in English and Chinese -- Conclusion.This book provides a systematic, contrastive analysis of the segmentation and representation of English and Chinese Translocative Motion Events (TMEs), which possess Macro-Event Property (MEP). It addresses all the issues critical to understanding TMEs in English and Chinese, from event segmentation, MEP principles and the conceptual structure of TMEs and their constituents, to the representation of Actant, Motion, Path and Ground. The book argues that the corpus-based alignment for the TME segmentation in both languages, the parameters of Actant, Motion, Path and Ground and their relevant statistical description are particularly important for understanding English and Chinese TMEs. The linguistic materialization of Actant, Ground, Path and Motion, together with a wealth of tables and figures, offers convincing evidence to support the typological classification of English and Chinese. The book’s suggestions regarding the Talmyan bipartite typology and Bohnemeyer’s MEP contribute to the advancement of TME studies and language typology, and help learners to understand motion events and English-Chinese typological similarities and differences.Motion in languageDirection in languageMotion in language.Direction in language.415Zheng Guofeng1074268MiAaPQMiAaPQUtOrBLWBOOK9910484641703321The segmentation and representation of translocative motion events in English and Chinese discourse2572130UNINA