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25-10-2023 | Research

Embodiment and gestural realization of ergative verbs

Auteurs: Omid Khatin-Zadeh, Jiehui Hu, Zahra Eskandari, Hassan Banaruee, Zhu Yanjiao, Danyal Farsani, Jiayong He

Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research | Uitgave 3/2024

Abstract

In this study, we examined the gestural embodiment of active, passive, and active-form/passive-sense voices of ergative verbs in English. We analyzed gestures produced by presenters talking about a variety of subjects in a set of videos. We used several Chi-square tests to find out what type of gesture (representational, beat, and pointing gestures) co-occurred more frequently with active, passive, and active-form/passive-sense voices of ergative verbs. The results showed that representational gestures occurred more frequently with active than passive and active-form/passive-sense voices of ergative verbs. Furthermore, representational gestures occurred more frequently with active voices of ergative verbs having human subjects than non-human subjects. This was also the case with active-form/passive-sense sentences. Based on these results, it is suggested that form of a sentence is an influential factor in the process of embodying the situation that is described by that sentence. Active voice of an English ergative verb is more likely to be accompanied by representational gestures and is embodied more strongly than passive and active-form/passive-sense voices of that verb.

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Titel: Embodiment and gestural realization of ergative verbs
Auteurs: Omid Khatin-Zadeh
Jiehui Hu
Zahra Eskandari
Hassan Banaruee
Zhu Yanjiao
Danyal Farsani
Jiayong He
Publicatiedatum: 25-10-2023
Uitgeverij: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research / Uitgave 3/2024
Print ISSN: 0340-0727
Elektronisch ISSN: 1430-2772
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-023-01887-9

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