Figurative and non-figurative motion in the expression of result in English

  1. Luzondo Oyón, Alba
  2. Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez, Francisco José
Revista:
Language and Cognition

ISSN: 1866-9808

Año de publicación: 2014

Páginas: 1-27

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1017/LANGCOG.2014.41 WoS: WOS:000372352100004 GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: Language and Cognition

Resumen

This paper investigates the role played by motion in the conceptualization of result in the English resultative and caused-motion constructions. We argue that there is a strong preference for the figurative use of caused motion to express a state change when the affected entity experiences a complete transformation. However, if the affected entity acquires a new property but retains its essence, an adjectival phrase is preferred. Another category encompasses figuratively exploited resultatives that formally employ the caused-motion construction, but semantically do not codify the same kind of change. The paper also discusses the motivating role of the metaphor A CHANGE OF STATE IS A CHANGE OF LOCATION to express result, and proposes the additional activity of other high-level metaphors and metonymies