Transitivity, Events, and Gesture
The Case of the Causative-inchoative Alternation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21239713 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Suwei Wu (0000-0001-6382-8575, China University of Petroleum, Beijing), Alan Cienki (0000-0003-2951-9722, Moscow State Linguistic University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 311-331 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Open Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2300-9969 • E-ISSN: 2300-9969 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/opli-2019-0017 |
| OpenAlex | W2967156993 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 16 |
An increasing number of studies are being devoted to the investigation of what aspects of grammar, and of events, expressed in speech are coordinated with gesture. However, previous studies have focused on gesture use in relation to either transitivity or event properties, without considering how these factors interact. In this study, we consider how gesture use relates to transitivity when the type of event in the causativeinchoative alternation is considered, and also how gesture use relates to properties of the events when the type of transitivity is considered. We found various relations both between gesture use and transitivity on the one hand, and between gesture use and certain properties of events on the other hand. Whereas some of the results contrast with the findings in previous studies about the relation between gesture and transitivity, other results obtained actually reinforce and complement some previous findings. The results concerning event properties and gesture also add to previous studies about which properties of certain motor-spatial events relate to gesture and how they do so. The study thus provides a more nuanced understanding of the relation between gesture and language
Causative · Event structure · Gesture · Linguistics · Physics · Transitive relation · Verb · Communication · Computer Science · Hearing Impairment and Communication · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology
Cognitive Grammar
Toward a Cognitive Semantics
Visible embodiment
Gestures that co‐occur with speech as a systematic resource
Grammatical aspect, gesture, and conceptualization
Where did all the arguments go
Speech, gesture, and discourse
English Verb Classes and Alternations
Types of process in action
Transitivity in Grammar and Discourse
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |