directed motion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdirectandmotion
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direct
adjective
uk/daɪˈrekt/us/daɪˈrekt/
going in a straight line towards somewhere or someone without stopping or ...
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motion
noun
uk/ˈməʊ.ʃən/us/ˈmoʊ.ʃən/
the act or process of moving, or a particular action ...
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(Definition ofdirectandmotionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofdirected motion
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I take as my case-study adpositions which mark the goal of motion in descriptions ofdirectedmotionevents.
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Predicates ofdirectedmotionand of creation or consumption are analysed as accomplishments derived from activities, that is, active accomplishments.
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The meaning involves the sense ofdirectedmotion.
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Thedirectedmotionin this case is slower.
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The oscillations become small compared with thedirectedmotionand are not seen.
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In the other (b. 148), there is nodirectedmotionat all.
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This articulation is recognisable as a cadence by its extended duration (a long), even though it is not confirmed contrapuntally throughdirectedmotion.
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The entity y is projected as the direct internal argument because it is not the causer of "falling" but simply undergoes the inherentlydirectedmotion.
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These results did not support the hypothesis thatdirectedmotionof elements is the only determining factor for the cueing effects.
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Agentive verbs ofdirectedmotionwere tested in the lexical causative construction without prepositional phrases (20), in transitive sentences with natural-force subjects (21), and in adjectival passives (22).
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Bi multidirectional motions create expectations, and most have a sense ofdirectedmotion.
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The sense ofdirectedmotionseems to come from the combination of the parts : the subject, the verb, the reflexive (which is non-referential), and the oblique (which must be directional).
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There are, however, certain aspects of the meaning of the overall construction (the sense ofdirectedmotion, for example) that are not easily attributed to any one of its parts.
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