The use of Basque Ideophones in motion events

Ibarretxe-Antuñano, Iraide (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: This paper investigates motion ideophones in Basque, a high-salient-path verb-framed language with a large repertoire of Manner-of-motion ideophones (Ibarretxe-Antuñano, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2023, 2025). Two main questions are addressed: Does the presence of Manner ideophones affect the inclusion of this component in Basque motion descriptions, and what factors influence its use? Three datasets were analysed: the IdEus-Psylex Stimulus Kit, the IdEus Motion Questionnaire, and different motion event stimuli (Frog stories, Canary Row, and novels). Results show that (i) Manner is more frequent in Basque motion events than in other verb-framed languages but less frequent than in satellite-framed languages, and (ii) motion ideophones are used across contexts regardless of sociolinguistic factors (age), diatopic variation (all Basque dialects), and discourse mode (oral, written). However, their distribution is uneven: some ideophones are widely known and used by all speakers, while others are more age- and dialect-specific.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1163/23526416-bja10081

Año: 2025

Publicado en: Cognitive Semantics 11 (2025), 27
ISSN: 2352-6408

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/Psylex H11-17R
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN-AEI/PID2021-123302NB-I00

Tipo y forma: Artículo (Versión definitiva)

Área (Departamento): Área Lingüística General (Dpto. Lingüíst.y Liter.Hispán.)