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HOW DID PREDICATION EVOLVE?

    https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814401500_0018Cited by:0 (Source: Crossref)
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    Abstract:

    This paper proposes an emergent definition of predication as a composite notion involving the convergence of two more basic properties, thematic role assignment and headedness. This definition makes it possible to construct a scenario in which predication evolves gradually over the course of time. Evidence for such a scenario is provided by a contemporary human language, Riau Indonesian, in which the convergence of thematic role assignment and headedness is not grammaticalized.