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    1. The document discusses semantic roles, which describe the relationship between constituents in a clause. It lists common semantic roles like agent, patient, experiencer, and attributes. 2. Examples are provided to illustrate different semantic roles, such as "Jane is writing a report" showing Jane as the agent or causer. Locations, manners, and other adjuncts are also classified. 3. The semantic roles are mapped to their typical syntactic functions and constituent types to link semantic and syntactic analysis. This approach studies the meaning and function of language used in authentic contexts.

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    1. The document discusses semantic roles, which describe the relationship between constituents in a clause. It lists common semantic roles like agent, patient, experiencer, and attributes. 2. Examples are provided to illustrate different semantic roles, such as "Jane is writing a report" showing Jane as the agent or causer. Locations, manners, and other adjuncts are also classified. 3. The semantic roles are mapped to their typical syntactic functions and constituent types to link semantic and syntactic analysis. This approach studies the meaning and function of language used in authentic contexts.

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    1. The document discusses semantic roles, which describe the relationship between constituents in a clause. It lists common semantic roles like agent, patient, experiencer, and attributes. 2. Examples are provided to illustrate different semantic roles, such as "Jane is writing a report" showing Jane as the agent or causer. Locations, manners, and other adjuncts are also classified. 3. The semantic roles are mapped to their typical syntactic functions and constituent types to link semantic and syntactic analysis. This approach studies the meaning and function of language used in authentic contexts.

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    Semantic Roles

    FAHU- Departamento de Lingstica y Literatura tg

    Relative Position

    Ci

    Cc

    Ca

    Cb

    Cd

    Form

    NP/NCl

    VP

    NP/PP
    NP
    AdjP
    Adv Cl
    NCl

    NP
    AdvCl
    AdjP
    NP/PP

    AdvP
    AdvCl
    NP/PP

    Syntactic Function

    Subj

    Pdtor

    Oi
    Od
    Cs
    Adv1

    Od
    Co
    Adv 2

    Advn

    Syntantic
    Meaning/Semantic
    Role

    Causer/Agentive
    External/Causer
    Causer/Instrumental
    Dative/Experiencer
    Dative/Recipient
    Objetive/Affected
    Objective/Effected

    Action
    State
    Process

    Oi Dative Recipient

    Od Objective / Affected
    Od Objective / Effected
    Od Dative / Experiencer

    Adv 1 Manner
    Purpose
    Reason
    Instrumental
    Commitative
    Temporal/Point
    Temporal /Period
    Locative/Location
    Locative/Source
    Locative/Extension
    Locative/Goal

    Od Objective / Affected
    Od Objective / Effected
    Od Dative / Experiencer
    Cs Attribute / Current
    Cs Attribute / Resulting
    Adv 1 Manner
    Purpose
    Reason
    Instrumental
    Commitative
    Temporal/Point
    Temporal /Period
    Locative/Location
    Locative/Source
    Locative/Extension
    Locative/Goal

    FAHU - Departamento de
    Lingistica y Literatura

    Cs Attribute / Current
    Cs Attribute / Resulting

    Relative Positon

    Ci / Cc / Ca / Cb / Cn

    Constituent Type

    Lex or Synt

    Syntactic Function

    Prem H Postm
    An important
    feature of a systemic functional approach to
    Syntactic Meaning
    N / (Denoter)
    linguistic1.study
    is its insistence on studying actual instances of
    2. NP/Proper Name (Identifier)
    language 3.that
    have(Specifier)
    been used (or are being used) by speakers or
    NP/PP
    writers. 4. AdjP (Qualifier) Subjective
    (Descriptor) Objective
    (Classifier) Class
    Linguists1.areDet
    more
    to arrive at interesting and useful
    / Art likely
    / Indef (Non-Deictic-Non-Definer)
    2. Det/
    Art / Def (Deictic-Definer)
    descriptions
    of English
    if they investigate authentic texts.
    3. Prep (See Adverbials)
    4. Adj ed-ing (Descriptor)
    A text is any
    of language, regardless of length, that is
    5. sstretch
    (Definer-Possessor)
    spoken
    6. or
    AdjP/Generic (Generic Marker/Classifier/Denoter)
    7. the
    Pronoun
    (Identifier)
    written for
    purposes
    of communication by real people in
    Quant P (Quantifier)
    actual8. circumstances.

    FAHU - Departamento de
    Lingistica y Literatura

    .
    Jane is writing a report. (causer/agentive)
    The electric shock killed him. (external/causer)
    A black car knocked them down. (causer/instrument)

    FAHU - Departamento de
    Lingistica y Literatura

    .
    I need more time. (dative/experiencer)

    The assistant got some extra money for his work.


    (dative/recipient)

    FAHU - Departamento de
    Lingistica y Literatura

    .
    That flat belongs to my father-in-law.(Objective/Affected)

    A new car has been designed by Ford. (Objective/Effected)

    FAHU - Departamento de
    Lingistica y Literatura

    .
    My brother has just fixed the fence. (Action)
    She is feeling exhausted. (State)
    The authorities have come up with a new plan. (Process)

    FAHU - Departamento de
    Lingistica y Literatura

    .
    He edited both drafts. (Objective/Affected)
    My mother baked a delicious cake. (Objective/Effected)
    The police arrested a drunk man. (Dative/Experiencer)

    FAHU - Departamento de
    Lingistica y Literatura

    They gave him a clock on his retirement.


    (Dative/Recipient)

    FAHU - Departamento de
    Lingistica y Literatura

    He seems unhappy. (Attribute/Current)

    She got tired. (Attribute/Result)

    FAHU - Departamento de
    Lingistica y Literatura

    They consider me their closest friend. (Attribute/Current)


    The heat has turned the milk sour. (Attribute/Resulting)

    FAHU - Departamento de
    Lingistica y Literatura

    .
    I can recommend him with complete confidence. (Manner)
    He went to the market to get some batteries. (Purpose)
    She was fined for dangerous driving. (Reason)
    You must open that door with the new key. (Instrumental)
    He is studying with his sister. (Commitative)

    FAHU - Departamento de
    Lingistica y Literatura

    .
    My father was born in 1947. (Temporal/Point)
    I havent seen him for a while. (Temporal/Period)
    I always buy clothes in the same shop. (Locative/Location)
    I heard the news on the radio. (Locative/Source)
    He walked ten miles.(Locative/Extension)
    I am not going anywhere. (Locative/Goal)

    FAHU - Departamento de
    Lingistica y Literatura

    1.Several tourists must have been injured in the mountains due to the avalanche.
    2. The slow pace of peace talks has complicated Juan Manuel Santoss campaign.
    3. The moderate opposition announces a suspension of talks.
    4. In June this year Brazil was struck by an outbreak of mass protests.

    5. Dr. Mller validated all the instruments before interviewing the subjects.

    FAHU - Departamento de
    Lingistica y Literatura

    6.Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, Egypts former defence minister who organized the coup last
    July that overthrew the previously elected president, Muhammad Mursi, was elected
    head of State.
    7. Subcomandante Marcos, long-time head of Mexicos Zapatista rebels announced
    that he was stepping down as the groups spokesman.
    8. Nine days after Malawis presidential elections, the results had not been
    announced by the electoral commission.

    FAHU - Departamento de
    Lingistica y Literatura

    9.Glaxo Smith Kline, a British drug maker, is being investigated by the UKs Serious
    Fraud Office.
    10.On the night of June 3rd-4th 1989, the Chinese army unleashed its tanks in the centre
    of Beijing to crush a protest that had begun seven weeks earlier.
    11.The protest movement that shook Brazil last year has not died. But it is unlikely to
    disrupt the World Cup.

    FAHU - Departamento de
    Lingistica y Literatura

    FAHU - Departamento de
    Lingistica y Literatura

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