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e and Chinese.Figure,ground,motion and path are essential and basicconceptual elements of a motion event.Therefore,on the basis of previous researchresults of emanation fictive motion,the author has analyzed the representation of theconceptual elements in English and Chinese,and then make a comparison from theperspectives of Tamly's theory of lexicalization patterns.After the discussion,the majorfindings are as followings.

Firstly,from the perspective of similarity that exists in English and Chineseemanation fictive motion,the author find that the lexicalization pattern of figure andground in English and Chinese is similar,they represent as a noun or a noun phrase,andthe figure can be omitted or hidden in the source objects.Motion is usually semanticallyclosely related to path and formed as verbs or prepositional phrase.The path is the coreelement in the expressions of emanation fictive motion in English and Chinese,whichplays the role of constructing the core element in the sentence.

Secondly,from the perspective of difference that exists in English and Chineseemanation fictive motion.The author discovers that compared with English,Chinese ismore detailed in describing the characteristics of the figure(or source object),and theposition of ground information in the sentence is more flexible.About the motionelement,manner verb or path verb is feasible in Chinese.By contrast,path verb plussatellite components can represent motion in English.In terms of path information,English belongs to verb-preposition structure,which is usually completed with prepositional phrases.Chinese,on the other hand,belongs to verb-direction structure.The path information is usually completed by simple directional verbs or compounddirectional verbs,and the path is also described in more detail by preposition in Chinese.Moreover,when describing a complex path,Chinese will use multiple separate verbs toaccompany,while English will use a single verb with multiple prepositions.

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