SEMANTIC CLASSIFICATION: ROLES OF ACTANTS AND PREDICATES
Abstract
This paper explores the semantic classification of actants and predicates in bivalent syntactic structures, highlighting their roles in sentence meaning and construction. By analyzing thematic roles such as Agent and Patient, Experiencer and Stimulus, Beneficiary and Recipient, and Instrument and Theme, we examine how predicates determine valency and how actants fulfill specific functions within event schemas. Through examples from both constructed sentences and literary texts, this study demonstrates how actant-predicate relationships shape linguistic expression. The findings have implications for syntax, semantics, discourse analysis, and computational linguistics, offering insights into cross-linguistic variation and the cognitive mechanisms underlying sentence processing.
Keywords
Semantic classification, actants, predicates, bivalent structures, thematic roles, Agent and Patient, Experiencer and Stimulus, Beneficiary and Recipient, Instrument and Theme, valency theory, argument structure, sentence semantics, linguistic analysis, syntax, discourse analysis, computational linguistics.
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