Sentence Semantics 2: Participants

Sentence Semantics 2: Participants

1. Thematic Roles

   • AGENT
   • PATIENT
   • THEME
   • EXPERIENCE
   • INSTRUMENT
   • LOCATION
   • GOAL
   • BENEFICIARY
   • SOURCE

2. Verbs and Thematic Roles

   • Problems with thematic roles
   • Identifying thematic roles

3. Gramatical relation and Thematic Roles

   • Implicational Hierarchy

4. Chomsky

   • Theta criterion

5. Jackendoff

   • Tier action Tier

6. Affectiveness

   • Neutre intransitive
     • Middle voice
   • Emotions

7. Foregrounds

   • Text that continuous meaning
   • Background and context