Motion Events: Introduction Phenomenon: The different aspects of motion events Data: The novel “1984” by George Orwell in English and Estonian (first chapter annotated so far) Research question: How are motion events encoded in Estonian and English. Similarities? Differences?

Motion Events: DTD

Motion Events: XML-Annotation - Chapter One It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. - Winston Smith, his chin nuzzled into his breast in an effort to escape the vile wind, slipped quickly through the glass doors of Victory Mansions

Motion Events: Some XSLT transformations Qualitative evaluation Quantitative evaluation English Estonian English & Estonian

Motion Events: Coding Problems(!)(?) Seperation of ground and direction in Estonian: easy (seperable morphemes): Est.: ekraani pinna - le screen.Gensurface - Allative „(on)to the surface of the screen“ solution: ekraani pinna le or ekraani pinna le

Motion Events: Coding Problems(!)(?) Seperation of ground and direction in Estonian: difficult (inner modification): Est.: poodi shop.Illative “(in)to the shop“ (possible) solution: poodi