Talmian
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[edit]Talmian (comparative more Talmian, superlative most Talmian)
- (linguistics) Relating or according to the linguist Leonard Talmy.
- 1996, Hans-Erik Larsen, The Aesthetics of the Elements: Imaginary Morphologies in Texts and Paintings, Aarhus: Aarhus University Press, →ISBN, page 93:
- And one could add, in Talmian terms, that the star shadows are antagonistic – in so far as they as forms – are menacing (element) principles in virtue of the discontinual whirling.
- 2005, Michael Noonan, “Spatial Reference in Chantyal”, in Yogendra Yadava, Govinda Bhattarai, Ram Raj Lohani, Balaram Prasain, Krishna Parajuli, editors, Contemporary Issues in Nepalese Linguistics, Kathmandu: Linguistic Society of Nepal, →ISBN, page 178:
- The Talmian typology of event types has provided us with an important tool for investigating lexicalization patterns and the arrangement of information into grammatical categories.
- 2018, Claudia Gerstner-Link, A Grammar of Kilmeri, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN:
- The Talmian notion of conflation means that the lexical content of the verb refers not only to the motion itself as the main event, but also to a second co-event often indicating manner or cause of motion.