What is causer as a semantic role?

Causer is the semantic role of the referent which instigates an event rather than actually doing it.

The causer is usually the surface subject of the verb in a sentence.

• What is a semantic role?

Larson 1984 199–203

Context for this page:

• Concept module: causer
• In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): C
• 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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