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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==
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*[[Unaccusative (definition)]]
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*[[Transitive (definition)]]
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*[[Intransitive (definition)]]
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*[[Unergative (definition)]]
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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*Kibort, Anna. "Transitivity." Grammatical Features. 7 January 2008. http://www.grammaticalfeatures.net/features/transitivity.html.
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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*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 00:41, 7 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

References