Re: Core case roles

Tim May scripsit:

> While further investigating adjective-final SOV langages* I found the
> underlinked lecture on the semantics of core cases.  I'm finding it
> The argument is that all core arguments to a verb take
> the roles of agent, location or theme seems to fit in well with my own
> thoughts on Rick Morneau's treatment of the same subject.
There are counterexamples like "The stone broke the window", where
the grammatical subject is an instrument.  RM discusses this sentence
type briefly but dismisses it as too rare in the world's languages
to worry about.  Since his purposes are MT and IAL rather than
linguistic theory, fair enough.

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