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SEMANTIC ROLES
  • Lets study together

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Semantic Roles
  • Analyzing simple declarative sentence, there are
    two major semantic roles
  • The role of Predicator (played by predicates)
  • The role of argument (played by referring
    expression)
  • Example
  • Achmad speaks English.
  • Achmad and English are the arguments
  • Speaks is the predicator

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Definition
  • The predicator is the word (or a group of words)
    which does not belong to any of the referring
    meaning of the sentence.
  • A predicate is any word which can function as the
    predicator of a sentence.
  • Example
  • Marcus Brutus killed Julius Caesar.
  • Marcus Brutus and Julius Caesar are the referring
    expressions, the roles are as the argument
  • Killed is the predicate, the role is as the
    predicator

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  • The verb exist can be a predicator, but in
    English the verb be in its various forms is not
    a predicator
  • The predicators in sentences can be of various
    parts of speech (adjectives, verbs, and nouns).
  • Example
  • Margaret was unhappy.
  • The role of Margaret is as the argument
  • The role of Unhappy is as the predicator
  • The role of was is non predicator

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The Degree of predicate
  • There are different degree of predicate
  • Examples
  • 1. They scream loudly
  • Scream is a predicate of degree one (one place
    predicate)
  • 2. We watch TV together.
  • Watch is a predicate of degree two ( a two place
    predicate)
  • 3. John gives Mary a bouquet of roses.
  • Give is a third place predicate

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  • Sometimes two predicates can have nearly, if not
    exactly, the same sense but be of different
    grammatical part of speech
  • Example
  • Jack is foolish, Jack is a fool
  • Foolish and fool are predicate
  • Foolish is an adjective
  • Fool is a noun
  • Both have different part of speech

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Exercises
  • 1. Determine the semantic role
  • A. The child is afraid of cats.
  • B. The lamp is over the table.
  • C. The new campus is outside the city.
  • 2. Determine the degree of predicate
  • A. The students build the green house.
  • B. The supermarket is between the park and the
    gas station.
  • C. Mrs. Azizah is a sister of the mayor.

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