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  • ...subject]] perceived as actively initiating or actively responsible for the action expressed by the verb. ...iL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Unergative+verb&lemmacode=132 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
    868 bytes (113 words) - 16:26, 24 August 2014
  • '''Deontic modality''' is a kind of [[modality]] having to do with [[permission]] and [[obligation]]. ...externally, whereas dynamic modality expresses the ability or willingness of the individual.
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  • ...s approx. equivalent to the English terms [[lexical aspect]] and [[kind of action]]. ...:sis'' (complete movement, actuality), which designate the two basic types of situation found in our natural environment (cf. Verkuyl 1993: 43). [[Lexica
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  • In semantics, '''situation''' is used as a cover term for [[action]]s, [[process]]es and [[state]]s. The concept 'situation' is so basic that ...''state of affairs'', and the other competitor event has the disadvantage of even more strongly suggesting a dynamic situation (as in "event vs. state")
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