linguistics - the scientific study of language

grammatical category, syntactic category - (grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties

affected role, patient role, patient - the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause

agentive role, agent - the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the hapening denoted by the verb in the clause

benefactive role, beneficiary - the semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the clause

instrumental role, instrument - the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process

locative, locative role - the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the place of the state or action denoted by the verb

recipient role, recipient - the semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause

resultant role, result - the semantic role of the noun phrase whose referent exists only by virtue of the activity denoted by the verb in the clause

temporal, temporal role - the semantic role of the noun phrase that designating the time of the state or action denoted by the verb