Motion in Language and Experience

Motion has attracted much attention in the field of semantics. In cognitive semantics, it is seen as a basic and universal domain for language and cognition. In semantic typology, languages have been suggested to follow a binary typology of “motion events”. However, the validity of these claims has been disputed in relation to cross-linguistic diversity. By bringing together insights from Husserlian phenomenology and Cognitive Linguistics, Motion in Language and Experience develops a framework f