| Resumo: | [EN] This paper relies on the theoretical assumption that sentential meaning derives not only from semantic composition but crucially from the way sentential constituents are merged or conflated in the syntactic derivation. This so called constructionist hypothesis assumes then that syntax builds meaning. This papers deals with the construction of sentences describing motion events. In the line of Talmy (1985, 2005) we assume that languages fall into two types depending on the way they encode motion events. It also assumes that variation in the expression of paths and goals is due to microparameters built on the interaction between the meaning of directional prepositions and the aspectual class of motion verbs. After introducing and justifying the standard analysis of directed motion verbs and manner of motion verbs, we analyze a third class of motion verbs with incremental theme. A fine grained analysis of the prepositions associated to direction and motion (a, hasta, hacia, ‘to’, ‘until’, ‘towards’, etc.) is finally proposed. These prepositions introduce the complements and adjuncts that, linked to the verbs,determine the form and interpretation of motion sentences.
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