%0 Journal Article
%T The Path to Neutralization: Image Schemas and Prefixed Motion Verbs
%A Tore Nesset
%J Poljarnyj Vestnik
%D 2007
%I University of Troms?
%X This paper investigates the path image schema in Russian motion verbs. It is argued that this image schema provides a principled explanation why Russian has a contrast between unidirectional and non-directional unprefixed motion verbs, but no such contrast for prefixed verbs.
%K Russian
%K language
%K verb of motion
%K image schema
%K cognitive linguistics
%U http://www.ub.uit.no/baser/septentrio/index.php/vestnik/article/view/1315