These last few years have witnessed a renewed interest in the
theory of "linguistic relativity." This book reports the findings
of a linguistic relativity study carried out on English and Italian
speakers with respect to the semantics of manner of motion. The two
linguistic groups were found to differ significantly in variety and
frequency of use of manner of motion verbs, but not with respect to
the degree of visual attention paid to manners of motion. The study
therefore provides evidence against linguistic relativity. Along
with a considerable amount of empirical data, the book also
contains some theoretical discussions on various issues relevant to
the language-and-thought debate (e.g. the possible existence of
conceptual primitives, Slobin's concept of "thinking for
speaking"). Special attention is given to a set of criteria
proposed by the author for establishing what distinctive semantic
features a verb should have in order to justify classification as a
"manner of motion verb." Students and researchers who are
interested in topics such as the relationships between language and
cognition, motion conceptualisation, and semantics in general will
find this work useful.
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