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Posts by Keelan‭

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Q&A Why did linguists choose 'Patient' (noun) to denote this Thematic Role?

I don't have any references for the first coinage of the term Patient. However, in grammars in the Latin tradition it is still customary to find the Latin terms agens and patiens rather than Agent ...

posted 2y ago by Keelan‭

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Q&A Why does German use the third person plural for the second person polite?

You may be interested in Head, Brian F. (1978). 'Respect Degrees in Pronominal Reference', in Joseph H. Greenberg, Charles A. Ferguson, and Edith A. Moravcsik (eds.), Universals of Human Language, ...

posted 2y ago by Keelan‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Keelan‭

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Meta How can we grow this community?

I am active on the Linguistics Stack Exchange but would really like to leave there completely. I see this site as a potential alternative, but haven't become active here yet. So in a way you could ...

posted 2y ago by Keelan‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Keelan‭

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