Question

What is theta theory? Which parts of grammar does it affect? Discuss with examples of your own?

Answer 1

Explanation:

Theta criterion

Explanation. In government and binding theory the theta criterion states that in any grammatical sentence each argument must be assigned to one theta role and each theta role must be realized by some argument. ... As a result arguments stand in different semantic relationships with the verb.

Answer 2

In government and binding theory the theta criterion states that in any grammatical sentence each argument must be assigned to one theta role and each theta role must be realized by some argument. Consequently in a grammatical sentence all predicates, meaning verbs, have a thematic structure.