Granularity in the Verbalization of Events and Objects

Granularity in the Verbalization of Events and Objects
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Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
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ISBN-10 : 9789027249791
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Book Synopsis Granularity in the Verbalization of Events and Objects by : Katerina Stathi

Download or read book Granularity in the Verbalization of Events and Objects written by Katerina Stathi and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2023-08-15 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study departs from the observation that in expressing ideas, some languages encode more details than others. It investigates whether languages encode events and/or objects at a coarse-grained (e.g., put, glass) as opposed to a fine-grained (e.g., lay, wine glass) level systematically. The level of detail is termed granularity, which is viewed as a cline from fine-grained (semantic specificity) to coarse-grained meaning (semantic generality). Four languages are investigated: German, English, Greek, and Turkish. The study draws on elicited data from a naming task. The verbalization of events is based on event and object descriptions in selected semantic domains. The results reveal significant granularity effects between languages and language types (satellite-framed vs. verb-framed). The study is relevant for scholars interested in linguistic typology, lexical and semantic typology, contrastive linguistics, event representation, psycholinguistics, and cognitive semantics.


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