Theta-absorption

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Theta-absorption is a some morpho-syntactic elements have the capacity of absorbing a theta-role assigned by the verb (stem) to which they are attached, with the effect that that theta-role can not be assigned to its regular position.

Example

Passive morphology is an example, and clitics have been argued to absorb a theta-role as well.

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Links

Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics

References

  • Jaeggli, O. 1986a. Passive, Linguistic Inquiry 17, pp.587-622.
  • Spencer, A. 1991. Morphological Theory, Blackwell, Oxford.


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