Comparative Concept: A role (sem)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
A role (sem)
| Typ | meaning |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | A role • A • A (role) |
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the agent or agent-like central participant role in the prototypical bivalent event (that is, a breaking event) or the prototypical trivalent event (that is, a giving event). Examples: in Jack broke the window, Jack plays the A role in the breaking event; and in Jill gave Joe the keys, Jill plays the A role in the giving event. (Section 6.3.1)