What is source as a participant role?

Source is the participant role of the referent from whom a message ultimately comes, especially in the case in which the referent is distinct from the speaker.

• What is a participant role?

Levinson 1983 68–69, 72–73

Longacre 1983 161

Context for this page:

• Concept module: source
• In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): S
• 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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