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<p>utrecht</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Localism''' is the hypothesis that the meaning of expressions can be described in terms of (abstract) [[location]] and [[movement]]. Localism has been applied in the study of verb meanings and [[thematic relations]]. According to localism, all sentences that express a state can be analyzed as location in a space and all sentences that express a change of state as movement from or to a space. In ''Mary is ill'', Mary is located in the 'illness-space' and in ''John gave the book to Mary'', there is a movement of a [[theme]] (the book) going from a [[source]] (John) to a [[goal]] (Mary).<br /> <br /> === Link ===<br /> <br /> [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Localism&amp;lemmacode=629 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]<br /> <br /> === References ===<br /> <br /> * Fillmore, C.J. 1968. ''The Case for Case,'' in: E. Bach &amp;amp; R.T. Harms (eds.) Universals In Linguistic Theory, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York.<br /> * Gruber, J. 1965. ''Studies in lexical relations,'' doctoral dissertation, MIT<br /> * Jackendoff, R. 1983. ''Semantics and cognition,'' MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.<br /> <br /> {{dc}}<br /> [[Category:Semantics]]</div>

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