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a term used to analyze a sentence semantically as an element expressing action accompanying a verb. It also seems “empty” of action meaning. Ex. The assassination that happened yesterday.
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An ''event'' is an action linked to a particular span of time. Events are dynamic notions. Events stand in contrast to [[State (definition)|states]] which represent static situations. (e.g.  ''Susan ran the race'' involves an event of race-running, ''Susan is a professor'' describes a state of being.
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==See Also==
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*[[State (definition)]]
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==External Links==
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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_(philosophy)
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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Davidson_(philosopher)
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
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*Crystal, David. (1997) ''A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics.'' Oxford, UK: Blackwell.
Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 1997.
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 11:48, 18 November 2009

An event is an action linked to a particular span of time. Events are dynamic notions. Events stand in contrast to states which represent static situations. (e.g. Susan ran the race involves an event of race-running, Susan is a professor describes a state of being.

See Also

External Links

References

  • Crystal, David. (1997) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. Oxford, UK: Blackwell.