Week 11

Theta in Theta Theory refers to what?

• The Greek word θέμα (thema), which means "theme" or "subject matter."

• The English that because it refers to embedded clauses.

• The English the since it refers to determiners.

• None of the aforementioned.

Theta roles and thematic relations belong in which interface?

• syntax/morphology

• syntax/phonology

• syntax/semantics

• morphology only

Choose the correct answer for theta roles.

• They concern syntactic positions.

• They concern semantic relationships between. words

Choose the correct answer for thematic relations.

• They concern syntactic positions.

• They concern semantic relationships between words.

Agents are more frequently the subjects of a clause.

• True

• False

Experiencers can appear in one position only.

• True

• False

A source is the opposite of a recipient.

• True

• False

The instrument is the object with which an action is performed.

• True

• False

A lexical element can have one thematic relation only.

• True

• False

How do we call the diagram used to illustrate the theta roles and thematic relations of lexical items?

• Thematic relations

• Theta roles

• Theta grids.

• Themes