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Revision as of 19:37, 15 November 2009

Intransitive verbs take exactly one subject argument and no objects. Typical transitive verbs include leave, arrive, laugh. The class of intransitives is divided into Unaccusative Verbs (definition) which have a single theme argument, such as arrive, and Unergative Verbs (definition) which have an agent such as leave.

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References

  • Crystal, David (1999) The Penguin Dictionary of Language. London: Penguin.
  • Crystal, David. (1997) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. Oxford, UK: Blackwell.