Typological Hierarchy and Cognitive Motivation: English and Hausa Perception Verbs in Romance Fiction
Viberg’s (1983) hierarchy describes recurrent cross-linguistic patterns in the lexicalisation of perception, but it does not by itself predict which sensory verbs develop cognitive meanings. This study examines non-literal extensions of English see and hear and Hausa gani ‘see’ and ji ‘hear/feel/taste/smell’. The data...