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neo-Davidsonian event semantics: a standalone construct

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Semantics

the analysis of verbs as predicates of events, with each participant introduced by a separate thematic role predicate on the event.

In semantics, neo-Davidsonian event semantics refers to the analysis of verbs as predicates of events, with each participant introduced by a separate thematic role predicate on the event. This meaning comes from Parsons (1990) in Events in the semantics of English.[1]

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event3 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs predicate3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs role4 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

Parsons, T. (1990). Events in the semantics of English. The MIT Press. ISBN 9780262161206

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