Re: semantic roles
| From: | Charles <catty@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, June 15, 1999, 22:42 |
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> please explain semantic roles. I have a vague idea,
> but I have a hard time picking out different roles in sentences.
Explain WHAT? the roles. (patient/accusative)
Explain to WHOM? the explain-ee. (dative/indirect object)
WHO explains? the explain-er. (nominative/subject/ergative)
Many linguists seem to agree (!) there are 3 core roles.
I like this explanation best, though it is weird:
http://www.uoregon.edu/~delancey/papers/sky.html
Read section 4 if you dare ...