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VERB LEXICALIZATION IN RUSSIAN (on the example of verbs of motion)

VERB LEXICALIZATION IN RUSSIAN (on the example of verbs of motion). C M L - 2 0 0 5 V a r n a S e p t e m b e r, 5 t h 2 0 0 5. RESEARCH IN LINGUISTICS :. Introspection. RESEARCH IN LINGUISTICS :. Introspection Corpus analysis. W – 1 SVO – 10

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VERB LEXICALIZATION IN RUSSIAN (on the example of verbs of motion)

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  1. VERB LEXICALIZATION IN RUSSIAN(on the example of verbs of motion) C M L - 2 0 0 5 V a r n a S e p t e m b e r, 5 t h 2 0 0 5

  2. RESEARCH INLINGUISTICS: • Introspection

  3. RESEARCH INLINGUISTICS: • Introspection • Corpus analysis W – 1 SVO – 10 SOV – 2

  4. RESEARCH INLINGUISTICS: • Introspection • Corpus analysis • Behavioral experiment

  5. MEASURING LEXICALIZATION W(1/sec) (Polyakov, 2003)

  6. VERBS OF MOTION IN RUSSIAN • pairs of verbs: идти-ходить [to walk], бежать-бегать [to run], плыть-плавать [to swim], лететь-летать [to fly], тащить-таскать [to drag], катить-катать [to roll], носить-нести [to carry] • troponyms of MOVE: describe someone’s motion or a motion of an object caused by someone/something, and a specific manner of the motion • all verbs are in imperfective aspect • in most cases, both verbs in a pair are similar morphologically

  7. HYPOTHESES: POSSIBLE LEXICALIZATION FACTORS • Path, or trajectory of a motion (e.g. linear vs. circular) • Regularity (cyclicity, periodicity, repetitions) • Motion space (open or closed) • Target vs. aimless, chaotic motion • Goal-driven behavior (causal attribution)

  8. METHOD: HOW WE CAN STUDY THE NARRATOR EXPERIMENTALLY? Stimuli (flash animations) Hypothetical lexicalization factors Results (portion of choices against each condition) Descriptions (forced choice of a verb, sentence completion, free descriptions)

  9. HYPOTHESES: POSSIBLE LEXICALIZATION FACTORS • Path, or trajectory of a motion • Regularity • Motion space • Target vs. aimless motion • Goal-driven behavior

  10. HYPOTHESES: POSSIBLE LEXICALIZATION FACTORS • Path, or trajectory of a motion • Target vs. aimless motion

  11. STIMULI EXAMPLES • 60 flash animations (5-25 sec) • 6 characters, realistic and abstract • 3 environments (overland, water, air) • all movies share the same script • distractors – unrelated movies DESCRIPTIONS PARTICIPANTS Sentence completion protocols: Собака __________________ (что делает?) The dog __________________ (what does it do?) 34 Moscow students (native speakers of Russian, 17 women, specializing in either psychology or computer science)

  12. RESULTS 1: MOTION PATH

  13. RESULTS 2: MOTION TARGET

  14. MORE RESULTS: REALISTIC VS. ABSTRACT CHARACTER

  15. CONCLUSIONS • The motion path is shown to represent a significant determinant of the verb choice from a pair of verbs of motion while an observer describes a scene of motion • The target of a motion, as given to an observer, is an important factor that influence upon the verb choice • The type of the target (stationary or moving) targets also affects the verb choice.

  16. CONCLUSIONS • The behavioral experiment is demonstrated to be an appropriate tool for lexicalization studies

  17. FURTHER RESEARCH • More lexicalization factors • More verbs • Correlations of lexicalization and causal attribution

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