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'''Experiencer''' is a [[semantic role]] denoting a participant in an experiential situation that undergoes an experience.
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'''Experiencer''' is a specific [[semantic role|semantic (or thematic) role]] of the person(s) whose mental faculties are involved in the psychological state denoted by an emotive predicate. It denotes a participant in an experiential situation that undergoes an experience.
  
 
===Examples===
 
===Examples===
 
the subject of ''fear, love, hear'', the object of ''please''
 
the subject of ''fear, love, hear'', the object of ''please''
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in both ''John is amused'' and ''This is amusing (to) John'' the expression ''John'' is associated with the Experiencer role.
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=== Link ===
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[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Experiencer&lemmacode=797 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
  
 
===Other languages===
 
===Other languages===

Latest revision as of 17:14, 13 February 2009

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Experiencer is a specific semantic (or thematic) role of the person(s) whose mental faculties are involved in the psychological state denoted by an emotive predicate. It denotes a participant in an experiential situation that undergoes an experience.

Examples

the subject of fear, love, hear, the object of please

in both John is amused and This is amusing (to) John the expression John is associated with the Experiencer role.

Link

Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics

Other languages