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== Example == | == Example == | ||
In ''the nice man'' the arguments of the predicates ''nice'' and ''man'' are identified resulting in the interpretation 'x is nice & y is a man & x = y' where the 'x = y' part represents the identification. | In ''the nice man'' the arguments of the predicates ''nice'' and ''man'' are identified resulting in the interpretation 'x is nice & y is a man & x = y' where the 'x = y' part represents the identification. | ||
==See also== | |||
*[[Theta Criterion]] | |||
*[[Theta-absorption]] | |||
*[[Theta-government]] | |||
*[[Theta-grid]] | |||
*[[Theta-position]] | |||
*[[Theta-role]] | |||
*[[Theta-role assignment]] | |||
*[[Theta-theory]] | |||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
Latest revision as of 09:34, 17 August 2014
Definition
Theta identification is a process by which two arguments are identified.
Example
In the nice man the arguments of the predicates nice and man are identified resulting in the interpretation 'x is nice & y is a man & x = y' where the 'x = y' part represents the identification.
See also
- Theta Criterion
- Theta-absorption
- Theta-government
- Theta-grid
- Theta-position
- Theta-role
- Theta-role assignment
- Theta-theory
Links
References
- Higginbotham, J. 1985. On Semantics, Linguisitc Inquiry 16, 547-593
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