On The Concept Of Diathesis Alternations As Semantic Oppositions
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In this article we present our conception of dtathesls alternations and how they intervene m the definmon of a model of lexlcal entnes We consider that dmthesls alternations are the syntactic realizations of opposmons of a more general semantic nature We will see how they interact with other components such as event structure and how different semannc classes of pre&cates at~se from that interaction
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