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LOCATIVE ROLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does locative role mean?
• LOCATIVE ROLE (noun)
The noun LOCATIVE ROLE has 1 sense:
1. the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the place of the state or action denoted by the verb
Familiarity information: LOCATIVE ROLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the place of the state or action denoted by the verb
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
locative; locative role
Hypernyms ("locative role" is a kind of...):
participant role; semantic role ((linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause)
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