English Syntax: Thematic Roles
I have a question regarding thematic roles in English and their assignment to NP arguments in sentences, consider the following sentence:

"Mary announced the news to John"

We know that the NP "John has the theta role of "Goal" or "Benefactive", but how is this thematic role assigned? In terms of theta-government?

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English Syntax: Thematic Roles
I have a question regarding thematic roles in English and their assignment to NP arguments in sentences, consider the following sentence:

"Mary announced the news to John"

We know that the NP "John has the theta role of "Goal" or "Benefactive", but how is this thematic role assigned? In terms of theta-government?

Answer

..answer retracted, sorry!

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