A cross-linguistic study of motion event acquisition in Japanese and Chinese: through the lens of figure and ground components

Numerous cross-linguistic studies on motion events have been undertaken to test the thinking-for speaking hypothesis, with a remarkable lead over the Path and Manner components. Yet, unexpectedly, the core entities in motion events such as Figure and Ground have garnered relatively limited focu...

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Main Authors: Xu Zhaorong, Roslina Mamat, Zaid Mohd Zin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2025
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/25952/
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