摘要：This paper explores the different usages of Finnish motion verb kiert.. within the theoretical framework of Cognitive Grammar. First, the different objective motion process types profiled by kiert.. (as in the sentence Lentokone kiert.. kent.n yll. 'The plane is circling above the field') are analyzed, and then, the different abstract and subjective motion types of kiert.. based on the objective motion usage (for example, Tie kiert.. pihaan 'The road bends into the yard') are discussed. The paper shows that the different process types of kiert.. are not random but semantically well motivated. The paper emphasizes that the (too often neglected) analysis of Path provides an interesting and rewarding viewpoint to the lexical semantics of verbs of motion. The paper also attests that Cognitive Grammar provides solid tools for describing and analyzing the lexical semantics of verbs of motion
