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<p>New page: The term &#039;&#039;&#039;state of affairs&#039;&#039;&#039; is a synonym of <a href="/index.php/Situation" title="Situation">situation</a>, i.e. it is used as a cover term for states, processes and actions. ::*&#039;&#039;“The term ‘State of Affairs’ is here used in t...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>The term '''state of affairs''' is a synonym of [[situation]], i.e. it is used as a cover term for states, processes and actions.<br /> <br /> ::*''“The term ‘State of Affairs’ is here used in the wide sense of ‘conception of something which can be the case in some world’.”'' (Dik 1997:105)<br /> <br /> === Comments ===<br /> <br /> This term is used e.g. in [[Functional Grammar]] (Dik 1978, 1997) and in [[Role and Reference Grammar]] (Van Valin &amp; LaPolla 1997).<br /> <br /> Lyons (1977:483) used &quot;state-of-affairs&quot; in a non-technical sense as a synonym of [[state]].<br /> <br /> === Synonyms ===<br /> <br /> * [[situation]]<br /> * [[event]]<br /> * [[process]]<br /> * [[eventuality]]<br /> <br /> === Origin ===<br /> <br /> Perhaps ''state of affairs'' was first used in this sense by Dik (1978).<br /> <br /> === References ===<br /> <br /> * Dik 1978<br /> * Dik 1997<br /> * Van Valin &amp; LaPolla 1997<br /> <br /> ===other languages===<br /> German [[Sachverhalt]]<br /> <br /> {{dc}}<br /> [[Category:Semantics]]</div>

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