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'''Uniformity of Theta-Assignment Hypothesis''' proposed in Baker (1997) stating that identical thematic relationships between items are represented by identical structural relationships between these items at the level of [[D-structure]].

=== Example ===

Assuming that ''Mary'' in (ia) is in the same thematic relationship with ''give'' as in (ib), Baker proposes that the D-structure of (ia) is identical to that of (ib) and that the S-structure of (ia) is derived as in (ii) (by invisibly incorporating ''to'' in the verb and moving ''Mary'' to the left of ''a book'').

(i) a. John gave Mary a book
b. John gave a book to Mary
(ii) John gave+toi Maryj a book ti tj

The UTAH has given rise to analyses in cases where the assumption of a D-structural identity is far from obvious, e.g. the pair in (iii). Cf. Hale and Keyser (2002).

(iii) a. John saddled the horse
b. John put a saddle on the horse

=== Links ===

[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=UTAH&lemmacode=1682 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]

=== References ===

* Baker, M. 1997. ''Thematic roles and syntactic structure.,'' Haegeman, L. (ed.), Elements of Grammar., 73-137, Kluwer Academic Publishers
* Hale, K. and S.J. Keyser 2002. ''Prolegomenon to a Theory of Argument Structure,'' MIT Press, Cambridge MA.

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 The '''Uniformity of Theta-Assignment Hypothesis (UTAH)''', proposed in Baker (1988), states that identical thematic relationships between items are represented by identical structural relationships between these items at the level of [[D-structure]].
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+== Example ==
 Assuming that ''Mary'' in (ia) is in the same thematic relationship with ''give'' as in (ib), Baker proposes that the D-structure of (ia) is identical to that of (ib) and that the S-structure of (ia) is derived as in (ii) (by invisibly incorporating ''to'' in the verb and moving ''Mary'' to the left of ''a book'').
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+*[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=UTAH&lemmacode=1682 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
 *Baker, Mark C. 1988. ''Incorporation: A Theory of Grammatical Function Changing.'' Chicago, Illinois: The University of Chicago Press.
 * Baker, Mark C. 1997. ''Thematic roles and syntactic structure.,'' Haegeman, L. (ed.), Elements of Grammar., 73-137, Kluwer Academic Publishers
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-'''Uniformity of Theta-Assignment Hypothesis''' proposed in Baker (1997) stating that identical thematic relationships between items are represented by identical structural relationships between these items at the level of [[D-structure]].
+The '''Uniformity of Theta-Assignment Hypothesis (UTAH)''', proposed in Baker (1988), states that identical thematic relationships between items are represented by identical structural relationships between these items at the level of [[D-structure]].
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-* Baker, M. 1997. ''Thematic roles and syntactic structure.,'' Haegeman, L. (ed.), Elements of Grammar., 73-137, Kluwer Academic Publishers
+*Baker, Mark C. 1988. ''Incorporation: A Theory of Grammatical Function Changing.'' Chicago, Illinois: The University of Chicago Press.
 * Hale, K. and S.J. Keyser 2002. ''Prolegomenon to a Theory of Argument Structure,'' MIT Press, Cambridge MA.
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