Comparative Concept: utterance predicate (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
utterance predicate (cxn)
| Typ | construction |
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| Alias(se) | utterance predicate |
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Definition
the predicate expressing an utterance event. Example: in Sandy said, 'I'm buying the house', said denotes the utterance event. Some predicates denoting utterance events include the addressee as an argument, as in Sandy told me that she's buying the house. (Section 18.2.2)