Comparative Concept: theme (sem)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
theme (sem)
| Typ | meaning |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | theme |
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a semantic role including participant roles for a participant that is the transferred entity in a transfer event. Example: in I sent the forms to the accountant, the entity transferred is the forms. The term 'theme' is also used for the participant functioning as the figure in motion, application, removal, and other events involving the movement of the participant. (Section 6.1.2)