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thematic roles

thematic roles is the plural of thematic role.

Meaning of thematic role

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.”

Questions about thematic roles

What is thematic roles the plural of?
Thematic roles is the plural of thematic role.

Words near thematic roles in the dictionary

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

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