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On the Semantic Representation of Oblique Complements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2026

James E. Hoard
James E. Hoard*
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University of Oregon
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Abstract

Dependency network representations, which eliminate the need for transformations, are proposed as a means for showing the essential semantic relationships among the components of sentences, especially those that contain oblique complements (including by-phrases). Evidence from Quileute, a Northwest American Indian language, provides strong support for the position, advanced by Langacker & Munro 1975, that passive sentences are basically agentless, and for their suggestion that all oblique complements have external sources.

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Research Article
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Language , Volume 55 , Issue 2 , June 1979, pp. 319 - 332
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Copyright © 1979 by Linguistic Society of America

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