[Lingtyp] Non-marking for argument roles

[Vladimir Panov]

In order to specify my question a little bit: By saying NO MARKING I mean
exactly this: NO MARKING AT ALL. E.g. if there is marking not on noun
phrases but on the verb or by clitics elsewhere in the clause, then there
definitely is marking of arguments. So typical "polysynthetic" languages
don't count.

V.

чт, 8 мая 2025 г. в 10:28, Vladimir Panov <panovmeister at gmail.com>:

> 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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