| A Cognizer has a relatively fixed positive or negative point of view towards an Issue (or a Side in a debate concerning an Issue). The Cognizer's Degree of alignment may also be specified. | |
| Eva está EN CONTRA de la utilización de armamento nuclear para solucionar pequeños conflictos locales. | |
| Actuó CONTRA su voluntad. | |
| In interviews , it seems like everyone is completely AGAINST this expenditure . | |
| Action [pos] | An action taken by a Side or a view that the Side takes on an issue which the Cognizer either supports or opposes. | |
| Cognizer [cog] Semantic Type Sentient | The individual that holds an opinion on an Issue or Side. | |
| Issue [iss] | The matter, usually concerning a course of action, which the Cognizer has an positive or negative opinion about. | |
| Side [sid] | The party or individual (generally associated with a particular position on an Issue) that the Cognizer sides with. | |
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| Concessives [] | This FE signifies that the state of affairs expressed by the main clause (containing the target) occurs or holds, and something other than that state of affairs would be expected given the state of affairs in the concessive clause. | |
| Degree [deg] Semantic Type Degree | The Degree to which the Cognizer supports or opposes something. | |
| Descriptor [] | This FE describes the person or element that is taking a side. | |
| Explanation [exp] Semantic Type State_of_affairs | The Explanation is a proposition denoting a state of affairs from which the Cognizer's taking the indicated view on the Issue logically follows. | |
| Could it be that he SIDED with them because it was the constitutionaly correct thing to do? | ||
| Manner [] | Any description of the Taking_sides which is not covered by more specific FEs, including epistemic modification secondary effects (quietly, loudly), and general descriptions comparing events (the same way). It may also indicate salient characteristics of the Capitulator that affect the action (reluctantly, meekly). | |
| Particular_iteration [] | Expressions marked with this extra-thematic FE modify a non-iterative use of the target, and indicate that it is conceived as embedded within an iterated series of similar events or states. In addition, most expressions of Particular_iteration indicate which instance of the series is being referred to. | |
| Time [tim] Semantic Type Time | The time period during which the Cognizer has the indicated point of view towards the Issue. | |
| Last year she OPPOSED the bill, but changed her mind after she received correspondence supporting the bill. | ||
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Uses: Desirable_event, Opinion
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See Also:
a_favor.prep, contra.prep, en_contra.prep, en_favor.prep
Created by infinity on Wed Jan 19 13:09:32 CET 2005