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Table 12.1 A specification
of net offence/affinity as a
function of use and cost
Cost
Use
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
1 1
2
2
3
3
tense
aspect
mode
4
4
5
5
temporality:
proto-agent: 1 st _ 2 nd _ 3 rd
proto-patient: 1 st _ 2 nd _ 3 rd
2
3
person: polarity
1st: 1 _ 0 _1
2nd: 1 _ 0 _1
3rd: 1 _ 0 _1
4
5
(14) e D
event
use
2
4
3
5
person: polarity
1st:
1 _ 0 _1
cost
2nd:
1 _ 0 _1
3rd:
1 _ 0 _1
The relative offence ( o ) experienced by an agent in response to an event resolves
the disjunctions in ( 12.15 ).
2
4
3
5
2
3
person:
polarity
4
5
1st:
1 _ 0 _1
before- e :
2nd:
1 _ 0 _1
3rd:
1 _ 0 _1
2
4
3
5
person:
polarity
1st:
1 _ 0 _1
(15) o.e/ D
during- e :
attitude
2nd:
1 _ 0 _1
3rd:
1 _ 0 _1
2
3
person:
polarity
4
5
1st:
1 _ 0 _1
after- e :
2nd:
1 _ 0 _1
3rd:
1 _ 0 _1
The model allows for sequencing of events and varying attitudes as sequences
and events within them unfold. In a null context, speakers are assumed to main-
tain a default evaluation of the participants as in ( 12.16 ), in which by default
the speaker has a positive self-evaluation which is equal to the evaluation of
 
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