Tipo di tesi
Tesi di laurea specialistica
Titolo
The encoding of motion events in the language of the Rigveda: A preliminary study
Dipartimento
FILOLOGIA, LETTERATURA E LINGUISTICA
Corso di studi
LINGUISTICA
Parole chiave
- lexicalization patterns
- motion events
- Rgveda
- split intransitivity
- Talmy
- unaccusativity
- Vedic
Data inizio appello
06/11/2017
Riassunto (Italiano)
The aim of this study is to provide a starting point for a synchronic description of motion events in the language of the most ancient text written in an Indo-Aryan language, the Rigveda. Starting from Talmy's classification of lexicalization patterns and the resulting dichotomy in satellite- vs. verb-framing languages, not only are motion verbs and constructions analysed, but a range of collateral forms are discussed too, such as change of state, periphrastic constructions, adjectival predication. The syntactic manifestations of split intransitivity are widely treated, too.
