What is a result?

Definition
	A result is a semantic role that refers to that which is produced by an event.
	This role is usually encoded as the surface object of a sentence.

Discussion
	The term result is similar in meaning to the term range as used by Longacre and others.

Example (English)
	Here is an example of result as a semantic role:
	They baked a cake.

Generic
	A result is a kind of
	What is a semantic role?

Sources
	Fillmore 1968
	Larson 1984 199–203

Context for this page:

Concept module: result
In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): R
In modular book: Glossary of linguistic terms, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H., Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
In bookshelf: Linguistics

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