Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thematic role

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.32 in modern English

Syllables: the-mat-ic -role
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A function of the arguments of a verb, which maps them bijectively to a set (which depends lexically on the verb) called the “theta grid.”

Inflected Forms

thematic roles (plural)

Phrases

thematic relation

Frequently Paired Words

thematic relation

Questions

What does thematic role mean?: A function of the arguments of a verb, which maps them bijectively to a set (which depends lexically on the verb) called the “theta grid.”

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