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Meanings of thematic role in English

Russian
тета-роль
Spanish
roles θ

In generative grammar, a formal device for representing syntactic argument structure—the number and type of noun phrases—required syntactically by a particular verb.

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тета-роль
Russian
семантическая роль
Catalan
paper temàtic
Spanish
papel temático

Role that a noun phrase plays with respect to the action or state described by a governing verb.

семантическая роль
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