Acknowledgments 1
INTRODUCTION 语言结构与空间认知:跨学科思维&纪瑛琳 1
Part Ⅰ Motion expressions from a typological perspective 15
CHAPTER 1 Main verb properties&Leonard Talmy 15
CHAPTER 2 The typology of motion expressions revisited&John Beavers,Beth Levin & Shiao Wei Tham 51
CHAPTER 3 Rethinking English'prepositions of movement':The ease of to and through&Vyvyan Evans & Andrea Tyler 120
Part Ⅱ Representing motion in language acquisition 153
CHAPTER 4 Motion in first language acquisition:Manner and Path in French and English child language&Maya Hickmann,Pierre Taranne & Philippe Bonnet 153
CHAPTER 5 How adult English learners of French express caused motion:A comparison with English and French natives&H. Hendriks,M. Hickmann & A.C. Demagny 200
CHAPTER 6 Language typology,task complexity and the development of L2 lexicalization patterns for describing motion events&Teresa Cadierno & Peter Robinson 231
Part Ⅲ Conceptualizing motion beyond language use 275
CHAPTER 7 Language-related motion event similarities in English- and Spanish-speaking children&Jill Hohenstein 275
CHAPTER 8 The(non)-linguistic effects of motion event typology&Yinglin Ji 307
List of contributors 331