Thematic Roles

Thematic role is a linguistic notion, which may refer to:

  • Theta role (in syntax or at the syntax-semantics interface)
  • Thematic relation (in semantics)

Famous quotes containing the word roles:

    “Modern women are squeezed between the devil and the deep blue sea, and there are no lifeboats out there in the form of public policies designed to help these women combine their roles as mothers and as workers.”
    —Sylvia Ann Hewitt (20th century)