LIN232H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Projection Principle, Noam Chomsky, Extended Projection Principle
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The initiator or doer of an action is called the agent. Arguments that feel or perceive events are called experiencers. Experiencers are normally only found with verbs that involve a psychological component or express a notion that can be felt by a living being. Subjects of verbs of perception (see, perceive, hear, taste, feel, smell, etc) can be experiencers. Subjects and objects of verbs of emotion (frighten, fear, dishearten, etc) can be experiencers. In the rock fell on terry and the car hit the wall terry and the wall are not experiencers. Entities that undergo actions or are moved, experienced or perceived are called themes. The entity towards which motion takes place is called a goal. They only occur with verbs that denote a change of possession. A source is the opposite of a goal. It is the entity from which a motion originates. The place where an action occurs is called the location.
