Open AccessThe Lexicalization Patterns of Manner Motion Events in Vietnamese
Author(s) -
Luu Quy Khuong,
Ly Ngoc Toan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
english linguistics research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1927-6036
pISSN - 1927-6028
DOI - 10.5430/elr.v7n4p1
Subject(s) - lexicalization , vietnamese , motion (physics) , linguistics , experiential learning , foundation (evidence) , psychology , lexical item , computer science , mathematics education , artificial intelligence , history , philosophy , archaeology
The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how Vietnamese students lexicalize or express in words the idea of motion. This study was conducted on the traditional foundation of Talmy’s (1985) lexicalization patterns. This theory involved in the way of people’s experience is rendered into languages via the semantic content of lexical items to express experiential categories. The data were derived from the analysis of the writings of fifty 12th- graders and fifty 6th- graders at Phu Rieng secondary school, Binh Phuoc province, Vietnam about the picture story “Frog where you” are by Mayer (2003). The results of the research provided insights into how Vietnamese speakers express the experience of motion in their language. These results suggest that there are considerable differences between Vietnamese and some other languages in the accounts of motion events.