Transitivity (definition)

'Transitivity' describes the number of arguments a verb can take. Transitivity is the umbrella term that contains a set of types including: unaccusative, transitive, intransitive, and unergative.

See Also

• Unaccusative (definition)
• Transitive (definition)
• Intransitive (definition)
• Unergative (definition)

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References

• Kibort, A. (2008). "Transitivity." GrammaticalFeatures.net http://www.grammaticalfeatures.net/features/transitivity.html.
• Crystal, D. (2008) Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th Edition. Wiley-Blackwell.
• Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.