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On Placement and Removal Events in Ilami Kurdish: A Cognitive-Typological Approach

On Placement and Removal Events in Ilami Kurdish: A Cognitive-Typological Approach

dc.creatorKarimipour, Amir
dc.creatorRezai, Vali
dc.date2022-10-28
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-01T19:43:18Z
dc.date.available2022-12-01T19:43:18Z
dc.identifierhttp://onomazein.letras.uc.cl/index.php/onom/article/view/29899
dc.identifier10.7764/onomazein.45.08
dc.identifier.urihttps://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/216632
dc.descriptionThis paper explores the linguistic characteristics of placement and removal events in Ilami Kurdish and investigates the Goal-over-Source predominance hypothesis in such events. By testing the asymmetry hypothesis in placement vs. removal events, we determined that various predicates are used to encode these events in Ilami Kurdish. Data were collected using a set of video clips including the ‘put and take’ stimuli (Bowerman et al., 2004) with ten Ilami Kurdish speakers, who described the occasions when placement and removal events were required. The results of this first experiment show that there are asymmetric correlations between placement and removal events in terms of verbal predicates. In fact, proportionally more fine-grained types of placement predicates are observed in the descriptions of the Kurdish consultants. Accordingly, it can be concluded that placement events, in comparison with removal events, are cognitively more salient and intricate in the mind of Kurdish speakers, which is directly connected with such linguistic distinctions as properties of the figure, force-dynamic notions, and manner of motion, which are more determinant in placement events than removal events. In the next part of this study, the Goal-over-Source predominance hypothesis was explored in placement and removal events. This hypothesis was tested on the basis of linguistic descriptions as well as a memory task. In the descriptive task, a set of video clips of placement and removal events, including different source and goal paths, was used. Respondents participating in this experiment described each scene after they watched it. In the memory task, participants were asked to watch the scenes of placement and removal events as well as matched events and then judge whether source or goal components can be matched or not. It was found that in these tasks, the goal component was mentioned more often and more accurately matched, respectively. These findings support the Goal-over-Source predominance hypothesis and highlight the cognitive importance of the goal component in placement events compared to the source component in removal events.en-US
dc.descriptionThis paper explores the linguistic characteristics of placement and removal events in Ilami Kurdish and investigates the Goal-over-Source predominance hypothesis in such events. By testing the asymmetry hypothesis in placement vs. removal events, we determined that various predicates are used to encode these events in Ilami Kurdish. Data were collected using a set of video clips including the ‘put and take’ stimuli (Bowerman et al., 2004) with ten Ilami Kurdish speakers, who described the occasions when placement and removal events were required. The results of this first experiment show that there are asymmetric correlations between placement and removal events in terms of verbal predicates. In fact, proportionally more fine-grained types of placement predicates are observed in the descriptions of the Kurdish consultants. Accordingly, it can be concluded that placement events, in comparison with removal events, are cognitively more salient and intricate in the mind of Kurdish speakers, which is directly connected with such linguistic distinctions as properties of the figure, force-dynamic notions, and manner of motion, which are more determinant in placement events than removal events. In the next part of this study, the Goal-over-Source predominance hypothesis was explored in placement and removal events. This hypothesis was tested on the basis of linguistic descriptions as well as a memory task. In the descriptive task, a set of video clips of placement and removal events, including different source and goal paths, was used. Respondents participating in this experiment described each scene after they watched it. In the memory task, participants were asked to watch the scenes of placement and removal events as well as matched events and then judge whether source or goal components can be matched or not. It was found that in these tasks, the goal component was mentioned more often and more accurately matched, respectively. These findings support the Goal-over-Source predominance hypothesis and highlight the cognitive importance of the goal component in placement events compared to the source component in removal events.es-ES
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dc.languageeng
dc.publisherFacultad de Letras de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chilees-ES
dc.relationhttp://onomazein.letras.uc.cl/index.php/onom/article/view/29899/41897
dc.rightsDerechos de autor 2019 Onomázeines-ES
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0es-ES
dc.sourceOnomázein ; No. 45: 2019; 126-151en-US
dc.sourceOnomázein ; Núm. 45: 2019; 126-151es-ES
dc.source0718-5758
dc.subjectIlami Kurdishen-US
dc.subjectcognitive-typologyen-US
dc.subjectplacement eventen-US
dc.subjectremoval eventen-US
dc.subjectgoal componenten-US
dc.subjectsource componenten-US
dc.subjectIlami Kurdishes-ES
dc.subjectcognitive-typologyes-ES
dc.subjectplacement eventes-ES
dc.subjectremoval eventes-ES
dc.subjectgoal componentes-ES
dc.subjectsource componentes-ES
dc.titleOn Placement and Removal Events in Ilami Kurdish: A Cognitive-Typological Approachen-US
dc.titleOn Placement and Removal Events in Ilami Kurdish: A Cognitive-Typological Approaches-ES
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