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RESULTANT ROLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does resultant role mean? 

RESULTANT ROLE (noun)
  The noun RESULTANT ROLE has 1 sense:

1. the semantic role of the noun phrase whose referent exists only by virtue of the activity denoted by the verb in the clauseplay

  Familiarity information: RESULTANT ROLE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RESULTANT ROLE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The semantic role of the noun phrase whose referent exists only by virtue of the activity denoted by the verb in the clause

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

result; resultant role

Hypernyms ("resultant 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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