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thematic proto-roles: a standalone construct

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Semantics

cluster concepts of proto-agent and proto-patient defined by entailments such as volition and change of state, used to predict which argument becomes subject or object.

In semantics, thematic proto-roles refers to cluster concepts of proto-agent and proto-patient defined by entailments such as volition and change of state, used to predict which argument becomes subject or object. This meaning comes from Dowty (1991) in Language.[1]

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agent3 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs argument3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs cluster4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

Dowty, D. (1991). Thematic Proto-Roles and Argument Selection. Language, 67(3), 547-619. https://doi.org/10.2307/415037

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