Difference between revisions of "Theta identification"

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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.
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==See also==
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*[[Theta Criterion]]
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*[[Theta-absorption]]
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*[[Theta-government]]
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*[[Theta-grid]]
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*[[Theta-position]]
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*[[Theta-role]]
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*[[Theta-role assignment]]
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*[[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

Links

References

  • Higginbotham, J. 1985. On Semantics, Linguisitc Inquiry 16, 547-593
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