Crosslinguistically, motion verbs are used to describe stationary
scenes. Sentences such as 'The road runs through the valley' and
'The mountain range goes from Canada to Mexico' include a motion
verb but express no explicit motion or state change. Such sentences
involve a motion evoked in the mind of the conceptualizer, which is
called subjective motion, fictive motion, or abstract motion. This
book aims to investigate these motion expressions in English
employing the term of subjective motion. It provides both
similarities and differences between objective physical motion and
subjective motion establishing grounds for accepting the validity
of the subjective motion account. Also, the characteristics of
subjective motion in English are analyzed in light of Path, Manner,
and language-specific features. It is not trivial nor random that
motion verbs are systematically used to describe stationary scenes.
Although a lot more work is needed before definitive conclusions
can be drawn, this preliminary exploration demonstrates possible
complexities of subjective motion constructions.
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