Comparative Concept: argument phrase (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
argument phrase (cxn)
| Typ | construction |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | argument phrase |
| Assoziiert |
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Definition
a referring phrase that refers to a participant. Example: in The tree fell, the tree is an argument phrase because it is a referring phrase that refers to the argument of the predicate – namely, the tree that fell. Argument phrases are divided into core argument phrases ( subject phrase, object phrase) and oblique argument phrases. (Sections 2.2.2, 6.6.1)