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Re: Theta role?

From:And Rosta <a.rosta@...>
Date:Wednesday, December 15, 2004, 0:35
Tom Wier:
> there's almost no agreement on how many theta > roles exist, even among grammarians who practice within the same > theoretical framework. > IMO, three is the > best bet, since to my knowledge there are no languages where an > underived verb takes more than three arguments,
I'll bet you plenty that in English at least one verb seems to take four arguments... --And.