Thematic Roles
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Thematic Roles
Contents
Basic knowledge:
Definition Classification Some variation in usage Other themactic roles
Tests for identifying thematic roles The current development of research References
2015-5-20
Definition
Gina raised the car with a jack.
Gina carries out the action. Car has its position changed by the actor. Jack is the means by which Gina is abled to cause the action. Such roles have a number of lables in semantics, including participant role,deep semantic cases, semantic roles, thematic relations and thematic roles. Given its wide usage in rencent work, we will use thematic roles.
2015-5-20
Other thematic roles
PERCEPT: the entity which is perceived or experienced. e.g.: The general inspected the troops. Did you hear that thunder? that shark frightened the swimmers. RECIPIENT: a type of GOAL involved in actions describing changes of possession. e.g.: He sold me this wreck. he left his fortune to the church.
2015-5-20
Tests for identifying thematic roles
Test for AGENT: whether the phrases like deliberately, on purpose, in order to, etc. can be added to the sentence. This reflect the fact that an agent characteristically displays animacy and volition. e.g.:John took the book from Bill in order to read it.(AGENT) John received the book from Bill in order to read it.(NOT AGENT)
2015-5-20
BENIFICIARY: the entity for whose benefit the action was performed. e.g.: Robert filled the form for his grandmother. They baked me a cake. INSTUMENT: the means by which an action is performed or something comes about. e.g.: She cleaned the wound with an antisepic wipe. They signed the treaty with the same pen.
2015-5-20
SOURCE: the entity from which something moves, either literally or metaphorically. e.g.: The plane came back from Kinshasa. We got the idea from a French magazine. Thus to return to our first example, repeated below: Gina raised the car with a jack. (AGENT) (THEME) (INSTRUMENT)
2015-5-20
The currenHale Waihona Puke Baidu development of research
2009年 题元角色:句法——语义接口研究，曹火群，上海外国语大学. 无标记受事主语句的题元角色 ,崔莹，语文学刊. 题元角色的分类浅析,孙丰田, 社科纵横. 2012年 英汉移动词题元角色对比分析， 黄子怡，武汉科技大学大学. 题元角色理解与英语动词一词多义的认知与教学,双文庭，武汉科技大学 学报. 浅析题元理论及探究,杜庆龙, 佳木斯教育学院学报. 2014年 不同题元角色充当主语的优先顺序——以《也行的呼唤为例》，张云云， 南京师范大学. 以介词标记for为代表的涉事介词短语的题元角色分析，薛兰，时代文学. 题元理论在大学英语教学中的应用,尹亚辉，教育评论. 题元层级之实质与描写，吕长竑，浙江大学.
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AGENT and ACTOR
ACTOR expresses the participant which performs,effects,investigates or controls the situation denoted by the predicate)（Foley,VanValin) AGENT is a particular type of a more general thematic role ACTOR, so every AFENT is an ACTOR but not the other way round.( Foler and Vanlin, Jackendogff) The car ran over the hedgehog(刺猬). (ACTOR)
2015-5-20
THEME: the entity which is moved by an action, or whose location is described. e.g.: Roberto passed the ball wide. The book is in the library. EXPERIENCER: the entity which is aware of the action or state described by the predicate but which is not in control of the action or state. e.g.: John felt ill. Marry saw the smoke . Lorcan heard the door shut.
2015-5-20
References
John I. Saeed, Semantics, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2003. 曹火群，题元角色:句法——语义接口研究，上海 外国语大学学报，2009. 高明乐，题元角色与题元角色理论，现代外语， 2003.
2015-5-20
2015-5-20
Some variation in usage
Radford(1988) treats PATIENT and THEMES as different names for the same role. The distinction is : PATIENT is reserved for entities acted upon and changed by the verb's action THEME descrieds an entity moved in literal or figurative space by the action of the verb,but constitutionally unchanged. Fred shattered the rock. (PATIENT) Fred threw the rock. (THEME)
2015-5-20
Classifaction
AGENT:the initiator of some action, capable of acting with volition. e.g.: David cooked the rashers. The fox jumped out of the ditch. PATIENT：the entity undergoing the effect of some action, often undergoing some change in state. e.g.: Enda cut back these bushes. Then sun melted the ice.
2015-5-20
Robert snapped the golf club in half. What Robert did was to snap the golf club in half. (Robert as the ACTOR) a: What happened to the golf club was that Robert snapped it in half. b: What Robert did to the golf club was snap it in half. (the golf club as PATIENT)
2015-5-20
LOCATION: the place in which something is situated or takes place. e.g.: The monster was hiding under the bed. The band played in a marquee. GOAL: the entity towards which something moves, either literally or metaphorically. e.g.:Sheila handed her license to the policeman. Pat told the joke to his friend.
2015-5-20
Jackendoff's suggestion
Jackendoff's suggestion: For an ACTOR(X) it will make sense to ask below: What did X do ? For a PATIENT(Y) it will be able to occur in the following frames: a. What happened to Y was... b. What X did to Y was...
Contents
Basic knowledge:
Definition Classification Some variation in usage Other themactic roles
Tests for identifying thematic roles The current development of research References
2015-5-20
Definition
Gina raised the car with a jack.
Gina carries out the action. Car has its position changed by the actor. Jack is the means by which Gina is abled to cause the action. Such roles have a number of lables in semantics, including participant role,deep semantic cases, semantic roles, thematic relations and thematic roles. Given its wide usage in rencent work, we will use thematic roles.
2015-5-20
Other thematic roles
PERCEPT: the entity which is perceived or experienced. e.g.: The general inspected the troops. Did you hear that thunder? that shark frightened the swimmers. RECIPIENT: a type of GOAL involved in actions describing changes of possession. e.g.: He sold me this wreck. he left his fortune to the church.
2015-5-20
Tests for identifying thematic roles
Test for AGENT: whether the phrases like deliberately, on purpose, in order to, etc. can be added to the sentence. This reflect the fact that an agent characteristically displays animacy and volition. e.g.:John took the book from Bill in order to read it.(AGENT) John received the book from Bill in order to read it.(NOT AGENT)
2015-5-20
BENIFICIARY: the entity for whose benefit the action was performed. e.g.: Robert filled the form for his grandmother. They baked me a cake. INSTUMENT: the means by which an action is performed or something comes about. e.g.: She cleaned the wound with an antisepic wipe. They signed the treaty with the same pen.
2015-5-20
SOURCE: the entity from which something moves, either literally or metaphorically. e.g.: The plane came back from Kinshasa. We got the idea from a French magazine. Thus to return to our first example, repeated below: Gina raised the car with a jack. (AGENT) (THEME) (INSTRUMENT)
2015-5-20
The currenHale Waihona Puke Baidu development of research
2009年 题元角色:句法——语义接口研究，曹火群，上海外国语大学. 无标记受事主语句的题元角色 ,崔莹，语文学刊. 题元角色的分类浅析,孙丰田, 社科纵横. 2012年 英汉移动词题元角色对比分析， 黄子怡，武汉科技大学大学. 题元角色理解与英语动词一词多义的认知与教学,双文庭，武汉科技大学 学报. 浅析题元理论及探究,杜庆龙, 佳木斯教育学院学报. 2014年 不同题元角色充当主语的优先顺序——以《也行的呼唤为例》，张云云， 南京师范大学. 以介词标记for为代表的涉事介词短语的题元角色分析，薛兰，时代文学. 题元理论在大学英语教学中的应用,尹亚辉，教育评论. 题元层级之实质与描写，吕长竑，浙江大学.
Thanks for your attention!
WPS Office
Make Presentation much more fun
2015-5-20
AGENT and ACTOR
ACTOR expresses the participant which performs,effects,investigates or controls the situation denoted by the predicate)（Foley,VanValin) AGENT is a particular type of a more general thematic role ACTOR, so every AFENT is an ACTOR but not the other way round.( Foler and Vanlin, Jackendogff) The car ran over the hedgehog(刺猬). (ACTOR)
2015-5-20
THEME: the entity which is moved by an action, or whose location is described. e.g.: Roberto passed the ball wide. The book is in the library. EXPERIENCER: the entity which is aware of the action or state described by the predicate but which is not in control of the action or state. e.g.: John felt ill. Marry saw the smoke . Lorcan heard the door shut.
2015-5-20
References
John I. Saeed, Semantics, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2003. 曹火群，题元角色:句法——语义接口研究，上海 外国语大学学报，2009. 高明乐，题元角色与题元角色理论，现代外语， 2003.
2015-5-20
2015-5-20
Some variation in usage
Radford(1988) treats PATIENT and THEMES as different names for the same role. The distinction is : PATIENT is reserved for entities acted upon and changed by the verb's action THEME descrieds an entity moved in literal or figurative space by the action of the verb,but constitutionally unchanged. Fred shattered the rock. (PATIENT) Fred threw the rock. (THEME)
2015-5-20
Classifaction
AGENT:the initiator of some action, capable of acting with volition. e.g.: David cooked the rashers. The fox jumped out of the ditch. PATIENT：the entity undergoing the effect of some action, often undergoing some change in state. e.g.: Enda cut back these bushes. Then sun melted the ice.
2015-5-20
Robert snapped the golf club in half. What Robert did was to snap the golf club in half. (Robert as the ACTOR) a: What happened to the golf club was that Robert snapped it in half. b: What Robert did to the golf club was snap it in half. (the golf club as PATIENT)
2015-5-20
LOCATION: the place in which something is situated or takes place. e.g.: The monster was hiding under the bed. The band played in a marquee. GOAL: the entity towards which something moves, either literally or metaphorically. e.g.:Sheila handed her license to the policeman. Pat told the joke to his friend.
2015-5-20
Jackendoff's suggestion
Jackendoff's suggestion: For an ACTOR(X) it will make sense to ask below: What did X do ? For a PATIENT(Y) it will be able to occur in the following frames: a. What happened to Y was... b. What X did to Y was...