Volume — 1995 (10 entries)
Posture Verb Survey
Expressions of human activities and states are a rich area for cross-linguistic comparison. Some languages of the world treat human posture verbs (e.g., sit, lie, kneel) as a special class… More →
Recommendations for Data Collection for Gesture Studies
Do our hands ‘speak the same language’ across cultures? Gesture is the silent partner of spoken languages in face-to-face interaction, but we still have a lot to learn about gesture… More →
Intransitive Predicate Form Class Survey
Different linguistic structures allow us to highlight distinct aspects of a situation. The aim of this survey is to investigate similarities and differences in the expression of situations or events… More →
Questionnaire on Event Realization
“Event realisation” refers to the normal final state of the affected entity of an activity described by a verb. For example, the sentence John killed the mosquito entails that the… More →
‘Logical’ Connectives in Natural Language: A First Questionnaire
It has been hypothesised that human reasoning has a non-linguistic foundation, but is nevertheless influenced by the formal means available in a language. For example, Western logic is transparently related… More →
Towards a Socio-Cultural Profile of the Communities We Work With
Field data are drawn from a particular speech community at a certain place and time. The intent of this survey is to enrich understanding of the various socio-cultural contexts in… More →
Motion Elicitation: “Moving ‘in(to)’” and “Moving ‘out (of)’”
How do languages encode different kinds of movement, and what features do people pay attention to when describing motion events? This task investigates the expression of “enter” and “exit” activities,… More →
Enter/Exit Animation for Linguistic Elicitation
This task investigates the expression of “enter” and “exit” events, and is a supplement to the Motion Elicitation task. Consultants are asked to describe a series of animated clips where… More →
Background Questions for the “Enter”/”Exit” Research
How do languages encode different kinds of movement, and what features do people pay attention to when describing motion events? This document outlines topics concerning the investigation of “enter” and… More →
Pilot Questionnaire to Investigate Social Uses of Space
Day-to-day interpretations of “space” are enmeshed in specific cultural and linguistic practices. For example, many cultures have an association between vertical height and social standing; more powerful people may be… More →