[Lingtyp] Non-marking for argument roles

[Vladimir Panov]

Dear linguists,

I have the following question. Are you aware of any doculects/languages
upon which there is a consensus that semantic roles like S, A, P, R are not
obligatorily encoded, neither morphologically, nor through word order or
adpositions? That is, languages in which the assignment of semantic roles,
if any, is entirely matter of context/pragmatics. The famous Riau
Indonesian comes to my mind. Any other suggestions? Maybe there are
publications dedicated specifically to this problem?

Best,
Vladimir Panov, Vilnius University
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