A theta grid is where theta roles are stored for a particular verb ( see Section 2 on the theta role page ).
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A different approach to the correspondence is given in and, where there are no such things as underlying theta roles or even thematic relations.
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The EPP states that regardless of whether the main predicate assigns a meaningful theta role to a subject, a subject must be present syntactically.
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The term " theta role " is often used interchangeably with the term thematic relations ( particularly in mainstream generative grammar for an exception see ).
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Theta roles are about the "'number of arguments "'that a verb requires ( which is a purely syntactic notion ).
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The causative alternative has an external argument ( John ), which bears the theta role agent which is not present in the intransitive alternative.
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Particular verbs known as quirky case require a certain case only on the nominals that have been assigned theta role and will obscure the underlying morphology.
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This means that lexical case cannot be assigned to a noun phrase by a verb unless the verb also assigns a theta role to that same noun phrase.
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The other notation ( see for example the textbook examples in and ) separates the theta roles into boxes, in which each column represents a theta role.
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The other notation ( see for example the textbook examples in and ) separates the theta roles into boxes, in which each column represents a theta role.
