Meaning of Talmyan | Babel Free

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Relating or according to the linguist Leonard Talmy.

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“The typology of the wAn languages established on the basis of the results given in table 1 clearly shows that the languages each have⟳ a characteristic tendency in one direction or the other, thus necessarily tolerating exceptional strategies when one tries to work⟳ within a strictly two-way Talmyan typology.”

“This difference between Danish and English supports the argument that there is a Talmyan window of attention effect in the compound: ‘skudsår’ has a window to the act and the result⟳, gapping the instrument and the agent, whereas ‘gun wound’ has a window to the instrument and gaps the act and the agent.”

“Many languages that allow⟳ encoding possibilities ‘against’ their Talmyan type⟳ may in practice disprefer them as they are more complex than other available options.”

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