Abstract
Construal of fictive motion constructions involves a complex of correlated cognitive parameters, including spatial reference frame, kind and direction of motion implied, and degree of entrenchment. Because fictive motion research to date has not sufficiently controlled for these variables, its findings remain ambiguous and contestable. This paper analyzes conventional coverage path constructions and novel emanation path constructions in order to outline an experimental program that could attend simultaneously to a) the representational prerequisites for fictive motion construal (e.g., one or another spatial reference frame); b) the type of trajector (e.g., object, scan path, or conceptualizer); c) the extent and effects of linguistic conventionalization and cognitive automation; and d) the neural substrates operative in these different conditions.
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