LING477 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Toffee
1 Dec 2017
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The study of linguistic meaning and the meaning relationships that words or phrases establish with other words and phrases. The meaning relationship between the verb and its arguments can be expressed by thematic roles. Ex. the verb chase requires 2 arguments (to saturate its meaning) and each plays a role in completing the meaning of chase. We say that the verb chase assigns the agent role to its subject np argument and the theme role to its object np argument. The cat is chased by the dog. Grammatical functions descriptions of the syntactic position of an argument. Thematic roles description of the semantic relation between . My mother washes my clothes for me. The entity that undergoes actions, are moved, experienced, or perceived. The endpoint of motion/the entity towards which motion takes place. Pat put the book on the table. The starting point for a change in location or possession. The mean used to accomplish the action.
