8. Semantic role structure

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. PREFACE III
3. CONTENTS VII
4. 1. Why discourse study? 1
5. 2. Discourse so far 12
6. 3. Events and participants in discourse 33
7. 4. Non-events in discourse 51
8. 5. The speaker and hearer in discourse 71
9. 6. Kinds of information in discourse 82
10. 7. Constituency in discourse 101
11. 8. Semantic role structure 112
12. 9. Semantic derivation 139
13. 10. Other relationships among predicates 152
14. 11. The arguments of propositions 162
15. 12. Referential indices 180
16. 13. The grammar of semantic productions 186
17. 14. Rhetorical structure 207
18. 15. Modality 230
19. 16. Discourse semantics and the surface hierarchy 238
20. 17. Linear organization 256
21. 18. Participant orientation 261
22. 19. Cohesion 272
23. 20. Reference 299
24. 21. Staging 323
25. 22. Topicalization 337
26. 23. Variability 345
27. 24. Postsemantic shaping 349
28. Appendix. Thematic linkage in Natnbiquara narrative 361
29. Bibliography 369
30. Index 385