Comparative Concept: instrument (sem)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
instrument (sem)
| Typ | meaning |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | instrument |
| Assoziiert |
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Definition
a semantic role including participant roles for a participant that is manipulated by the agent to bring about an event. Example: in Jack broke the window with a rock, the agent (Jack) manipulates the rock to bring about the breaking of the window. (Sections 6.1.2, 6.2.1)