theta role
in generative grammar, a formal device for representing syntactic argument structure—the number and type of noun phrases—required syntactically by a particular verb
en-US/ˈθeɪdə ˈɹoʊl/
en-GB/ˈθiːtə ˈɹəʊl/
in generative grammar, a formal device for representing syntactic argument structure—the number and type of noun phrases—required syntactically by a particular verb