Another member out of the family: the description of manner of gait in Changana verbs of motion

What is it about?

Manner description in Changana (a V-language) is more nuanced than in prototypical S-languages like English. Contrary to the general tendency of V-languages, Changana presents a rich vocabulary of manner verbs and ideophones that cover many semantic dimensions.

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Why is it important?

Our findings suggest that Changana is another language that does not fit well into Talmy’s well-established motion events typology.