[Lingtyp] Semantic role of body parts

[Christian Lehmann]

Dear Ian,

a recent paper of mine (bound to be published for some years now)
https://www.christianlehmann.eu/publ/lehmann_body.pdf
discusses your question at some length.

Cheers,
Christian
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Am 19.06.20 um 00:39 schrieb joo at shh.mpg.de:
> Dear all,
>
> What is the semantic role of the object NP “my hand” in the phrase “I 
> moved my hand”?
> Is it the patient (because it is affected by the agent’s movement) or 
> the agent (because it is the inalienable part of the agent who moves)?
>
> Regards,
> Ian
>
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