Interlocutor_2

In cases where the Interlocutors involved in a conversation are construed as two separate groups with different levels of volitionality or control, Interlocutor_2 refers to the semantically and grammatically less prominent group. It is generally encoded within a prepositional phrase (e.g. headed by with). Note that it is possible for a single role to correspond to multiple referents. For example, if the prepositional object in the example below were plural, we would still assign it the single role Interlocutor_2. The President debated with his top advisor.