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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Demotion''' is the phenomenon that a subject (or [[external argument]]) becomes an optional oblique phrase or [[adjunct]] due to some morphological or syntactic operation.<br />
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=== Example ===<br />
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if we form the passive of ''break'' (= broken), the subject (or external argument) is demoted to become an adjunct (= the ''by''-phrase):<br />
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(i) Tom broke the vase<br />
(ii) The vase was broken (by Tom)<br />
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=== Link ===<br />
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[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Demotion&lemmacode=1071 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]<br />
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=== References ===<br />
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* Marantz, A. 1984. ''On the Nature of Grammatical Relations,'' Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press.<br />
* Spencer, A. 1991. ''Morphological Theory,'' Blackwell, Oxford.<br />
* Williams, E. 1981b. ''Argument Structure and Morphology,'' The Linguistic Review 1, pp. 81-114<br />
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[[Category:Morphology]]<br />
[[Category:Syntax]]</div>Wohlgemuth