Glossary term G

Goal As A Semantic Role

Goal is the semantic role of the:

  • place to which something moves
  • thing toward which an action is directed

(English)

  • John swam to the raft
  • He threw the book at me
  1. Fillmore 1975, 25–26
  2. Larson 1984, 199–203
  3. Longacre 1983, 163–164
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