Agent - Revision history

NBlöcher at 09:47, 14 June 2014

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Volker gast at 12:25, 14 June 2009

2009-06-14T12:25:55Z

Wohlgemuth: div

2009-02-12T17:29:52Z

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Luo: /* Examples */

2008-01-27T19:04:30Z

Examples

Luo: add examples from Utrecht

2008-01-27T19:04:13Z

add examples from Utrecht

Skrylov: /* Other languages */

2007-08-12T08:32:38Z

Other languages

Linguipedia: New page: {{stub}} '''Agent''' is a semantic role denoting a participant that is actively involved in a situation (generally described by an action verb). ===Other languages=== *German [[Agens...

2007-06-20T10:13:15Z

New page: {{stub}} '''Agent''' is a semantic role denoting a participant that is actively involved in a situation (generally described by an action verb). ===Other languages=== *German [[Agens...

New page

{{stub}}

'''Agent''' is a [[semantic role]] denoting a participant that is actively involved in a situation (generally described by an action verb).

===Other languages===
*German [[Agens]]

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[[Category:Semantics]]
[[Category:Semantic role]]

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 #  Miguel gave Pedro some water.
 #  Pedro was hit by Miguel. (passive voice)
 === Link ===
+[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Agent&lemmacode=1003 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] <br>
 === References ===
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 * Jackendoff, R. 1990. ''Semantic Structures,'' Cambridge, MIT-Press.
 * Jackendoff, R. 1972. ''Semantic interpretation in generative grammar,'' MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
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 [[Category:Semantics]]
 [[Category:Semantic role]]

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+'''Agent''' is a generalized [[semantic role|semantic]] or [[thematic role]]. The agent of an event is the entity that brings about an event and has control over it.
-'''Agent''' is a type of [[argument]] or [[thematic role]] which designates an entity which is the cause of and has control over the action denoted by the predicate.
+The Agent role has a 'privileged' status in many languages. In accusative languages, it is typically encoded as a [[subject]] (in the nominative case); in ergative languages, it is associated with a special case, the [[ergative]]. Irrespective of the [[alignment]] system of a language, the Agent role is plays a crucial role in various syntactic constructions, e.g. specific types of [[control]] structures and [[imperative]]s.
 === Example ===
-in (i)-(iii) ''Miguel'' is the Agent.
+In the following examples ''Miguel'' is the Agent:
-  (i)   Miguel chased Gianni
+#  Miguel chased Gianni.
- (ii)  Miguel gave Pedro some water
+#  Miguel gave Pedro some water.
-  (iii) Pedro was hit by Miguel
+#  Pedro was hit by Miguel. (passive voice)
 === Link ===
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 === References ===
 * Grimshaw, J. 1990. ''Argument Structure,'' MIT-press, Cambridge, Mass.
 * Gruber, J. 1965. ''Studies in lexical relations,'' doctoral dissertation, MIT

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-'''Agent''' is a [[semantic role]] denoting a participant that is actively involved in a situation (generally described by an action verb).
+'''Agent''' is a type of [[argument]] or [[thematic role]] which designates an entity which is the cause of and has control over the action denoted by the predicate.
-===Examples===
+Agent is a semantic role denoting a participant that is actively involved in a situation (generally described by an action verb).
-(i)   ''Miguel chased Gianni.''
+=== Example ===
-(ii)  ''Miguel gave Pedro some water.''
+in (i)-(iii) ''Miguel'' is the Agent.
 ===Other languages===

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 (i)   ''Miguel chased Gianni.''
 (ii)  ''Miguel gave Pedro some water.''
 (iii) ''Pedro was hit by Miguel.''

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	'''Agent''' is a [[semantic role]] denoting a participant that is actively involved in a situation (generally described by an action verb).		'''Agent''' is a [[semantic role]] denoting a participant that is actively involved in a situation (generally described by an action verb).
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		+	===Examples===
		+	In (i)-(iii) ''Miguel'' is the Agent.
		+
		+	(i) ''Miguel chased Gianni.''
		+	(ii) ''Miguel gave Pedro some water.''
		+	(iii) ''Pedro was hit by Miguel.''

	===Other languages===		===Other languages===