LINGUIST 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Dollhouse, Causative

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Linguistics
• Course: LINGUIST 1AA3
• Professor: Catherine Anderson

Document Summary

C. labels that capture semantic similarities across different kinds of events. Participants in different events can share semantic similarities. Agent (does the action/aware/chose to do the action) A typical instrument: is inanimate, is used by an agent to bring about an event. Dr. anderson resembled a dollhouse for her daughter yesterday with the help of a tool. A typical cause: is inanimate, brings about an event through its own power. A typical experiencer (it"s aware/similar to a theme/no choice in whether if to participate in the event: is animate & sentient, does not necessarily exert power or choice in the event. Agents are often show up in subject position [not a rule, but its kind of a default] The guest speaker was introduced by walter (oblique). [passive construction: reverse the usual mapping, promote the theme to the subject. ] Reverse the usual mapping between thematic roles and grammatical roles.