| Language & Conceptualization Assignment #2 Name _____________________________________________ 1. Talmy identifies a number of fictive motion constructions in which a participant in a scene is described as moving when that participant is actually stationary. Actual (factive) motion may be occurring in the scene but not for the entity For each example identify:
1) Which participant (if any) is undergoing or has undergone factive motion? 2) Which participant (if any) is undergoing or has undergone fictive motion? 3) Is the FM the result of mental scanning by a generalized conceptualizer (viewer, not necessarily the speaker or hearer, who performs scanning operation) a. The pillar cast a shadow against the wall. b. The bakery is across the street from the bank. c. The book is on the table. d. There was a house every now and then through the valley e. The trees get shorter at higher altitudes. f. The telephone poles are rushing by at 80 miles per hour g. As body size increases, the typical gestation period gets longer. h. A mountain range lies between Canada and Mexico i. Her clothes were strewn all over the floor. j. The water gets deeper as you swim away from the shore. k. As the Mardi Gras floats passed by, strings of beads gathered on the sidewalk. 2. Recall that in Matlock’s experiments, subjects read stories which depicted characters moving within geographical environments. Stories contrasted in terms of the size (long/short distance) or terrain (difficult/easy) of the environment and with respect to the motion of the character (fast/slow). Subjects then read a statement involving fictive motion and the time it took them to decide whether the statement was true or false was measured. The hypothesis underlying these
experiments was that if people simulate motion while comprehending FM
sentences, those sentences should be processed more quickly after
reading
1) stories describing __________________________ compared to stories describing __________________________ 2) stories describing __________________________ compared to stories describing __________________________ 3) stories describing __________________________ compared to stories describing ___________________________ 3. For each answer you gave above, note whether or Matlock’s experiment designed to test that contrast confirmed her hypothesis that people simulate motion while comprehending FM sentences (circle one) 1)
YES NO
2) YES NO 3) YES NO 4. When she looked at manner verbs an additional effect emerged which I described in class as a congruency effect. Very briefly (1 or 2 sentences) describe this effect. 5. How does Kosslyn’s campus map experiment demonstrate that imagery is at least sometimes analog in nature? (Answer should be no more than 4 or 5 sentences and part of answer should be to briefly explain the notion of analog representation) |
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