Perspectives on Semantic Roles

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Perspectives on Semantic Roles
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Perspectives on semantic roles
1. Semantic roles
2. Encoding semantic roles
2.1 Case
2.2 Semantic roles and structural case vs. lexical (inherent) case
2.3 Adpositions
2.4 Semantic roles and lexical meaning
3. Semantic maps
4. Contents of this volume
Acknowledgments
References
Inducing semantic roles
1. Introduction
2. Using cross-linguistic variation to approach semantics
3. The data: Case-like marking in parallel texts
4. Analysis of roles
5. Comparison of languages
6. Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
Appendices
Appendix A: Sampled contexts
Appendix C: Wordforms
Appendix D: Contextual role distances
Appendix E: Clustering of contextual roles
Appendix F: Alternative flat clustering
Appendix G: Language specific structures
The grammaticalization chain of case functions
1. Introduction: Directionality of semantic/functional change in the domain of case
2. Semantic and constructional change
3. Directionalities that fit the chain
3.1 From domain 1 (spatial functions) to domain 2 (human participants)
3.2 From domain 1 (spatial functions) to domain 3 (human activity)
3.3 From domain 1 (spatial functions) to domains 4 to 6 (inanimate concepts)
3.4 From domain 2 (human participants) to domain 3 (participants in human activity)
3.5 From domain 2 (human participants) to domain 4,5,6 (inanimate concepts)
3.6 From domain 3 (participants in human activity) to domains 4, 5, 6 (inanimate concepts)
3.7 Summary
4. Directionalities contra the claim
4.1 From domain 3 (participants in human activity) to domain 2 (human participants)
4.1.1 Changes likely due to constructional change
4.1.2 Changes likely due to semantic extension
4.2 From domains 4,5,6 (inanimate concepts) to domain 2 (human participants)
4.3 From domains 4,5,6 (inanimate concepts) to domain 3 (participants in human activity)
5. Directionalities within domain 2
6. Result
7. Discussion
8. Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
Plotting diachronic semantic maps
1. Introduction
2. Encoding semantic roles: Source and target domains
2.1 Spatial relations
2.1.1 Basic spatial relations and the position of path
2.1.2 A merger without polysemy: Location and source
2.1.3 Space and time
2.2 Human relations
2.2.1 Two maximally distinct metaphors
2.2.2 Possession: Direction or location?
2.2.3 Comitative and the domain of spatial relations
2.2.4 A spatial metaphor or an extension from other human roles?
2.2.5 Competing metaphors: The case of possessor
2.2.6 Recipient and beneficiary
2.2.7 Beneficiaries that are not recipients
2.2.8 Competing metaphors: Beneficiary
2.2.9 A Balto-Finnic perspective on the Indo-European dative
2.2.10 Path as a source for human relations: Intermediary
2.2.11 Interim summary
2.3 Non-human relations
2.3.1 Source domains for instrument
2.3.2 Instrument as a source domain
2.3.3 Cause and purpose
3. Expected and unexpected polysemies among human relations
3.1 Agent and possessor
3.2 Possessor and recipient/beneficiary
3.3 Agent and recipient/beneficiary
3.4 Agent and comitative
3.5 Comitative and possessor
3.6 Comitative recipient/beneficiary
3.7 Experiencer
3.8 Interim summary 2
4. Discussion
Appendix - List of metaphors discussed in the text
References
List of abbreviations
The (non-)prototypicality of Direction
1. Introduction
2. Defining Direction
2.1 Preliminaries
2.2 Features relevant to the discussion in this paper
3. Coding of Direction in Finnish
3.1 Preliminaries
3.2 Effects of animacy
3.2.1 Preliminaries
3.2.2 Inanimate Theme + Inanimate Direction
3.2.3 Inanimate Theme + Animate Direction
3.2.4 Animate Theme + Inanimate Direction
3.2.5 Animate Theme + Animate Direction
3.3 Dimensionality
3.3.1 Two-dimensional entities
3.3.2 Three-dimensional entities
3.4 Physical size
3.5 Coincidence
3.6 The nature of linguistic reference
4. Summary
5. Theoretical implications
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
References
The morphosyntax of the experiencer in Early Vedic
1. Introduction
2. Semantic roles and case-marking in Early Vedic
3. Experiential constructions in Vedic
3.1 The EXPNOM Construction
3.2 The EXPACC Construction
3.3 The EXPDAT construction
4. Morphosyntactic variation in the Experiential domain
5. Concluding remarks
References
Against the addressee of speech - Recipient metaphor
1. Introduction
2. East Caucasian languages: Background information
3. Addressee marking in East Caucasian
4. Discussion
5. Conclusion
6. Research outlook
Abbreviations
References
Semantic roles and word formation
1. Introduction
2. Semantic roles in word formation
2.1 Identifying semantic roles in word formation
2.2 Criteria for differentiating semantic roles
3. Case study: Instrument, Location and related roles in Ancient Greek
3.1 Defining Instrument and Location
3.2 The semantic roles Instrument and Location in word formation
3.3 Instrument and Location in word formation in Ancient Greek
3.4 Comparing Instrument and Location in grammatical morphemes and word formation patterns
4. Concluding remarks
References
From semantic roles to evaluative markers. The dative and affected possessors
1. Introduction
2. A constructional delimitation of Recipients, Beneficiaries and Maleficiaries
2.1 Dative Beneficiaries and Maleficiaries vs dative of affectedness in German, French and Italian
2.2 Datives of affectedness as the last stage of grammaticalization paths
3. A micro-constructional categorization of datives of affectedness
3.1 Affectedness and possession
3.2 The dative as an evaluative marker
4. The dative with events impacting on the PS
5. The dative with change-of-state verbs
5.1 Hens's Dative-of-Inaction Construction and cognate approaches
5.2 Internally vs externally caused COSs revised
5.3 The dative with COSs involving Accelerators
5.4 The dative with COSs brought about by human Effectors
5.5 Semantic constraints with datives denoting COSs
5.6 "Heading for a fall": Unusual grammaticalization paths
6. The Agentive Dative Construction (ADC)
6. 1 Semantics and spectrum of the ADC
6.2 The German and French ADC and cognate constructions: A potential grammaticalization path
7. Final remarks and proposals for further research
Appendix-Abbreviations used in this paper
References
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Language index
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