resultant role
- noun
- /rɪˈzʌltənt roʊl/
- Specialized
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rol resultante
- In the sentence 'She built a house,' the resultant role is fulfilled by the noun referring to the new object.
Examples
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In the sentence 'The artist painted a mural,' the resultant role is held by the mural, which was created through the action of painting.
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A noun phrase serving a resultant role typically refers to something that did not exist before the action took place.
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The resultant role is essential in analyzing sentences where something is created or produced.
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The resultant role is important.
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What is the resultant role here?
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In linguistics, understanding the resultant role helps clarify how noun phrases can represent entities that come into existence as a consequence of verbs.
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When analyzing 'They graduated from university,' the resultant role is represented by the graduates, who now exist as a result of the action.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally built from 'resultant' (happening as a consequence) + 'role' (function/position), so its meaning 'a role that results or arises as a consequence' is directly derivable from the constituents. Although used as a technical linguistic term, a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer that it denotes the role that comes about due to an action.
Etymology
The phrase resultant role comes from the idea of a thing that appears because of an action: resultant means the outcome and role means the part it plays. For example, in 'She built a house' the new house was 'created' by the verb, so the noun for that house has the resultant role because it refers to what the action produced.
