These last few years have witnessed a renewed
interest in the theory of "linguistic relativity".
This book reports the findings of a linguistic
relativity study carried out on English and Italian
speakers with respect to the semantics of manner of
motion. The two linguistic groups were found to
differ significantly in variety and frequency of use
of manner of motion verbs, but not with respect to
the degree of visual attention paid to manners of
motion. The study therefore provides evidence against
linguistic relativity. Along with a considerable
amount of empirical data, the book also...