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... participant described by the verb predicate . In English , an agent - descriptive verb such as hit primarily describes what the agent is doing , but doesn't give any information about what happens to the patient , whereas a patient ...
... participant described by the verb predicate . In English , an agent - descriptive verb such as hit primarily describes what the agent is doing , but doesn't give any information about what happens to the patient , whereas a patient ...
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... participant which is inflected as direct object . Of these the largest is the semantically and morphologically unmarked class for patients , i.e. , participants directly affected by the action , as signalled by -Ø AF . These contrast ...
... participant which is inflected as direct object . Of these the largest is the semantically and morphologically unmarked class for patients , i.e. , participants directly affected by the action , as signalled by -Ø AF . These contrast ...
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... participant . These two TI AFs are the only place in the Cree AF system where this variable is morpho- logically marked . I have already argued that semantic case is the more salient basis for verb classes for semantically transitive ...
... participant . These two TI AFs are the only place in the Cree AF system where this variable is morpho- logically marked . I have already argued that semantic case is the more salient basis for verb classes for semantically transitive ...
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