Haspelmath at 07:12, 12 September 2007

2007-09-12T07:12:09Z

Linguipedia: New page: The term '''core argument''' is often used loosely to refer to an argument of the verb that is not expressed by adpositions or less common cases. In practice, it generally ref...

2007-07-02T14:35:25Z

New page: The term '''core argument''' is often used loosely to refer to an argument of the verb that is not expressed by adpositions or less common cases. In practice, it generally ref...

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The term '''core argument''' is often used loosely to refer to an [[argument]] of the verb that is not expressed by [[adposition]]s or less common [[case]]s. In practice, it generally refers to an argument that is expressed by [[nominative]] or [[accusative]], [[ergative]] or [[absolutive case]], bear no case-marking, and/or are [[index]]ed on the [[verb]].

===Synonym===
* [[direct core argument]] (used in more recent versions of [[Role and Reference Grammar]])

===Polysemy===
In more recent versions of [[Role and Reference Grammar]] (Van Valin & LaPolla 1997), ''core argument'' refers just to an [[argument]] (there are also [[oblique core argument]]s, and non-core arguments ([[peripheral argument]]s) do not exist anymore). See [[core argument (in RRG)]].

===Origin===
Maybe the term originated with Foley & Van Valin (1984), an older version of Role and Reference Grammar (see [[core]]).

===Reference===
* Foley, William A. & Van Valin, Jr., Robert D. 1984. ''Functional syntax and universal grammar.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
* [[Sandra A. Thompson|Thompson, Sandra A.]] 1997. "Discourse motivations for the core-oblique distinction as a language universal." In Kamio, Akio (ed.) ''Directions in functional linguistics.'' Amsterdam: Benjamins, 59-82.
*Van Valin, Jr., Robert D. & LaPolla, Randy J. 1997. ''Syntax: Structure, meaning and function.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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Haspelmath at 07:12, 12 September 2007

Linguipedia: New page: The term '''core argument''' is often used loosely to refer to an argument of the verb that is not expressed by adpositions or less common cases. In practice, it generally ref...