HyperDic: semantic_role

English > 1 sense of the expression semantic role:
NOUNcommunicationsemantic role, participant role(linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause
English > semantic role: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
Meaning(linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause.
Synonymparticipant role
CategorylinguisticsThe scientific study of language
Narroweraffected role, patient role, patientThe semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
agentive role, agentThe semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
benefactive role, beneficiaryThe semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
instrumental role, instrumentThe semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process
locative role, locativeThe semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the place of the state or action denoted by the verb
recipient role, recipientThe semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
resultant role, resultThe semantic role of the noun phrase whose referent exists only by virtue of the activity denoted by the verb in the clause
temporal role, temporalThe semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the time of the state or action denoted by the verb
Broadergrammatical category, syntactic category(grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties

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