Semantics

Question 1

Semantics

Answer 1

Accounts for the meaning of utterances

Question 2

Inverse marker

Answer 2

Changing an ending but not changing word order to denote a reversal in the roles

Question 3

Subjunctive marker

Answer 3

changes verb tense because it is hypothetical

French, Spanish

Question 4

Evidential markers

Answer 4

Affixes that denote where the information was learned (hearing, seeing, supposing)

Question 5

Ergative Language

Answer 5

One that treats the subject of an intransitive verb like the object of a transitive verb, while maintaining the same word order.

She slept

Sheq saw she. (if there was no ‘her’)

Question 6

Subjects

Answer 6

Agent: The dog bit the man

Theme: The man was bitten by the dog

Experiencer: Jocelyn likes peaches

Location: I shot the bullet into the jello

Goal: Hilda got a puppy

Instrument: The job expanded his possibilities

Question 7

Thematic Roles

Answer 7

Verbs assign thematic roles to the nouns on either side

I like apples: Experiencer, theme

Me gustan las manzanas: Experiencer, source