The endpoint configuration prediction: Any language which has a lexeme denoting motion out of or motion through some configuration will also have a lexeme denoting either motion “into” that configuration or static location in it.
Standardized
IF there is a lexeme denoting motion out of or motion through some configuration, THEN there is a lexeme denoting either motion “into” that configuration or static location in it.
Keywords
motion, adposition
Domain
lexicon, semantics
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
English, German (both W. Germanic, Indo-European), Russian (Slavic, Indo-European), Bengali (Indo-Iranian, Indo-European), Mixtec (Mixtecan, Oto-Manguean)
For example, English has the lexeme “through” which denotes motion through a configuration of inclusion. This leads us to predict, by the posited universal, that English will have a lexeme denoting either motion into a configuration of inclusion (“into”), or static location in the configuration of inclusion (“in”).
For example, English has the lexeme “through” which denotes motion through a configuration of inclusion. This leads us to predict, by the posited universal, that English will have a lexeme denoting either motion into a configuration of inclusion (“into”), or static location in the configuration of inclusion (“in”).