Talmy presents his two-way typology of verb-framed and satellite-framed languages based on his motion event. The typology is determined by how the Path of movement is expressed. In verb-framed languages, Path is expressed by the main verb, whereas in satellite-framed languages, Path is expressed by an element associated with the verb. French as a typical V-language expresses both the fact of Motion and the Path in the verb itself, whereas English as a typical S-language expresses both Motion and the Manner in the verb, and path is expressed by an element associated with the verb. However, Talmy’ two-way typology is too simplistic. English and French do not behave in the same way as Talmy’s description. This study proposes boundary constraints on lexicalization between English and French motion verbs. We collected 150 English motion verbs and 100 French motion verbs to examine their lexicalization patterns. The results show that English prefers to incorporate both Path and Manner in verbs when the path is coincident with the ground, while it uses manner verbs occurring with path expressions when the path is not coincident with the ground. About half of French motion verbs are manner verbs and they tends to occur with path phrases when no boundary crossing is indicated.
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