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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi Don,<br>
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thanks for your suggestions.<br>
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cite="mid:1eb01f56-f8f5-5ce4-ec89-78d075c2d725@helsinki.fi"><br>
I assume you don't want to use actor/undergoer-focused because of
the various (potentially conflicting!) uses in information
structure.
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Yes.<br>
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cite="mid:1eb01f56-f8f5-5ce4-ec89-78d075c2d725@helsinki.fi">
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What about actor/undergoer-directed?
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This may be a good choice. Maybe better than "agentive/patientive",
because what is meant are macro-roles rather than roles.<br>
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cite="mid:1eb01f56-f8f5-5ce4-ec89-78d075c2d725@helsinki.fi">
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Also, I noticed you didn't mention the more abstract designation
rather than terms, e.g. Sₐ vs Sₚ. Was there a reason for that?
Comrie's (possibly predated, I didn't check who first came up with
it) method was to list the different pairs of terms used and then
prefer Sₐ vs Sₚ.
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I don't know whether these abbreviations have been used as
attributes, like "an Sₚ verb". Anyway, I would not use them in the
present case since the language I have to describe (Cabecar) is full
of ergative constructions, and use of the notion S (subject) would
imply an undue generalization here.<br>
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Best,<br>
Christian<br>
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