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  1. theta role: Wiktionary
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  1. Theta-role: Lexicon of Linguistics

Definitions from Wiktionary (Theta role)

noun:  (grammar, especially transformational grammar) Abbreviation of thematic role. [(grammar) 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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