Does Physical Motion Matter? The Encoding Differences between Fictive and Physical Motion Events

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We use action verbs and directional prepositions to describe how people, animals, and vehicles move, and we also use such dynamic language forms to depict the extension of mountains, rivers, roads, etc. (e.g., The stream zigzags through the forest.). This paper has explored how we use dynamic language differently for static spatial entities and moving ones.

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