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Picture series for positional verbs: Eliciting the verbal component in locative descriptions

Year: 1999

Type: book-chapter

Abstract: How do different languages encode location and position meanings? In conjunction with the BowPed picture series and Caused Positions task, this elicitation tool is designed to help researchers (i) identify a language’s resources for encoding topological relations; (ii) delimit the pragmatics of use of such resources; and (iii) determine the semantics of select spatial terms. The task focuses on the exploration of the predicative component of topological expressions (e.g., ‘the cassavas are lying in the basket’), especially the contrastive elicitation of positional verbs. The materials consist of a set of photographs of objects (e.g., bottles, cloths, sticks) in specific configurations with various ground items (e.g., basket, table, tree).

Source: MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society)

DOI: 10.17617/2.2573831

Authors: Ameka, Felix K., De Witte, Carlien, Wilkins, David

Institutions: Max Planck Society, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics

Language: English

Topic: Categorization, perception, and language

Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2887673467

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