RT Book, Section
T1 Motion Verbs in English Narratives: Is Manner Always the Most Frequent Verb Type?
A1 Garriga Galobardes, Sílvia
K1 English
K1 Translation
K1 Motion verbs
K1 Manner
AB This pilot study examines the variety (types) and frequency (tokens) of manner-of- motion verbs in English, as a source and target language in translation. Building upon Talmy's (2000) binary classification, in which languages are divided into verb-framed or satellite-framed depending on the way they express path, this investigation examines manner-of-motion verb types and tokens in English as a Source Language (ESL) and English as a Target Language (ETL). Results from this investigation corroborated that manner-of-motion verb types are more frequent than the rest, as stated by Slobin (2005). Nonetheless, while previous research by Slobin (2004) suggests a higher frequency of manner-of-motion verb tokens as well, evidence collected in the present study indicates the opposite, with path verbs representing 46% of the total tokens in ESL and 54% in ETL, contrasting with the 32% and 26% respectively of manner-of- motion verbs.
PB Enredars Publicaciones / UPO
SN 978-84-09-71143-7
YR 2025
FD 2025-07-12
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10433/24441
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10433/24441
LA en
NO Departamento de Filología y Traducción
DS RIO
RD May 22, 2026