This paper investigates the semantic structure of motion verbs in French andre-evaluates its place in the typology ofMotion events (Talmy 1991, 2000). Itillustrates how, contrary to its widely claimed tendency to be a verb-framedlanguage that expresses Path of motion in the verb, French can also express Pathin a prefix revealing a satellite-framed pattern attributed to Germanic and Slaviclanguages. It shows that the expression of Path in a prefix is associated with agreat variety of lexicalization patterns regarding the verb stem, including somesupposed to be rare in the languages of the world. Finally, it examines themorphological productivity and the semantic transparency of this pattern,pointing to the diachronic source of the typological complexity ofcontemporary French.
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