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| + | 'Transitivity' can be defined as a grammatical characteristic of a verb that describes the number of arguments a verb can take. More generally, transitivity is a grammatical property that sets the required number of arguments in relation to some grammatical context or environment. Transitivity is the umbrella term that contains a set of types including: unaccusative, transitive, intransitive, and unergative. | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
| + | *[[Unaccusative (definition)]] | ||
| + | *[[Transitive (definition)]] | ||
| + | *[[Intransitive (definition)]] | ||
| + | *[[Unergative (definition)]] | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| + | *Kibort, Anna. "Transitivity." Grammatical Features. 7 January 2008. http://www.grammaticalfeatures.net/features/transitivity.html. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
| + | *Kibort, Anna. "Transitivity." Grammatical Features. 7 January 2008. http://www.grammaticalfeatures.net/features/transitivity.html. | ||
[[Category: Technical Definitions]] | [[Category: Technical Definitions]] | ||
[[Category: Syntax]] | [[Category: Syntax]] | ||
[[Category: Semantics]] | [[Category: Semantics]] | ||
Revision as of 23:41, 6 April 2010
'Transitivity' can be defined as a grammatical characteristic of a verb that describes the number of arguments a verb can take. More generally, transitivity is a grammatical property that sets the required number of arguments in relation to some grammatical context or environment. Transitivity is the umbrella term that contains a set of types including: unaccusative, transitive, intransitive, and unergative.
See Also
External Links
- Kibort, Anna. "Transitivity." Grammatical Features. 7 January 2008. http://www.grammaticalfeatures.net/features/transitivity.html.
References
- Kibort, Anna. "Transitivity." Grammatical Features. 7 January 2008. http://www.grammaticalfeatures.net/features/transitivity.html.
