Fictivity,Distinctive Features and Cognitive Motivations of Different Types of Fictive Motion in the Motion-Event Framework
Based on Talmy's Motion-Event Framework,this study examines the cognitive motivation of different types of fictive motion and their variants in terms of their fictivity,palpability of figure,prominence of path elements,and quantity of grounds.It is found that(1)the fictivity features of different types of fictive motion are on a continuum;and(2)their cognitive motivations demonstrate both commonalities and distinctions,encompassing metaphor,metonymy or a nested combination of metaphor and metonymy.The results suggest that a cognitive study on the basis of the inherent features of different types of fictive motion can uncover the cognitive essence of fictive motion.
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