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Re: Triggeriness ...

From:Javier BF <uaxuctum@...>
Date:Tuesday, December 16, 2003, 23:21
>http://www.sultry.arts.usyd.edu.au/LFG98/austro/foley/fintro.htm )
Really interesting page. Thanks a lot for the link! And it has provided me with an appropriate term ("pivot") for the central argument of hierarchical ("asymmetrical") argument schemes, which I've been uncomfortably referring to as "subject" in the lack of a better name (that word "subject" tends to be identified with "agent" by Westerners because that's the default association in the Western accusative-type languages, but subjects can also be semantically patient or experiencer). Cheers, Javier

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Tim May <butsuri@...>