The article discusses the ways in which lexicalization of vertical motion takes place in two satellite-framed languages: Polish and Russian. In this typological category the manner of motion is typically rendered by the verb. The analysis of the descriptions of motion events by native speakers of these two genetically related languages shows that the lexicalization pattern of vertical motion differs from the horizontal one. First of all, when describing vertical relations, respondents less frequently code the manner of motion in the verb than when talking about motion along the horizontal plane. What is more, the results show that both Russian and Polish respondents use more motion verbs to describe vertical than horizontal relations, which points to the natural human tendency to code novel situations.

本文讨论了用两种人造卫星语言对垂直运动进行词汇化的方式：波兰语和俄语。在这种类型的类别中，运动方式通常由动词呈现。这两种与遗传相关的语言的母语者对运动事件的描述的分析表明，垂直运动的词汇化模式与水平运动的词汇化模式不同。首先，当描述垂直关系时，与谈论沿水平面的运动相比，被访者对动词中的运动方式进行编码的频率更低。更重要的是，结果表明，俄罗斯和波兰受访者都使用更多的动词来描述垂直关系而不是水平关系，这表明人类自然倾向于编写新的情况。