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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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''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==
 
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
*Kibort, Anna. "Transitivity." Grammatical Features. 7 January 2008. http://www.grammaticalfeatures.net/features/transitivity.html.
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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transitivity_(grammar)
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
*Kibort, Anna. "Transitivity." Grammatical Features. 7 January 2008. http://www.grammaticalfeatures.net/features/transitivity.html.
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*Kibort, A. (2008). "Transitivity." GrammaticalFeatures.net http://www.grammaticalfeatures.net/features/transitivity.html.
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*Crystal, D. (2008) ''Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics''. 6th Edition. Wiley-Blackwell.
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*Matthews, P. H. (1997) ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics.'' Oxford: Oxford University Press.  
  
 
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Latest revision as of 10:03, 4 September 2012

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

External Links

The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful!

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.