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thematic role

thematic role noun: a function of the arguments of a verb, which maps them bijectively to a set (which depends lexically on the verb) called the “theta grid.”.

Noun

thematic role (plural thematic roles)

  1. A function of the arguments of a verb, which maps them bijectively to a set (which depends lexically on the verb) called the “theta grid.”

Forms of thematic role

pluralthematic roles

Questions about thematic role

What does thematic role mean?
Thematic role means a function of the arguments of a verb, which maps them bijectively to a set (which depends lexically on the verb) called the “theta grid.”.
What part of speech is thematic role?
Thematic role is a noun.
What is the plural of thematic role?
The plural of thematic role is thematic roles.

Words near thematic role in the dictionary

  1. thematic
  2. thematic map
  3. thematic maps
  4. thematic relation
  5. thematic relations
  6. thematic role
  7. thematic roles
  8. thematic vowel
  9. thematic vowels
  10. thematical
  11. thematically

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