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41Unaccusative verb — In linguistics, an unaccusative verb is an intransitive verb whose (syntactic) subject is not a (semantic) agent; that is, it does not actively initiate, or is not actively responsible for, the action of the verb. Unaccusative verbs thus contrast …
42Anticausative verb — An anticausative verb is an intransitive verb that shows an event affecting its subject, while giving no semantic or syntactic indication of the cause of the event. The single argument of the anticausative verb (its subject) is a patient, that is …
43Serial verb construction — The serial verb construction is a syntactic phenomenon common to many African and Asian languages. In this construction, two or more verbs can be juxtaposed in one clause, sharing the same subject (or subject and object) and tense aspect modality …
44Impersonal verb — In linguistics, an impersonal verb is a verb that cannot take a true subject, because it does not represent an action, occurrence, or state of being of any specific person, place, or thing. The term weather verb is also sometimes used, since such …
45Unergative verb — An unergative verb is an intransitive verb distinguished semantically by having an agent subject. For example, in English, run , talk and resign are unergative verbs (while fall and die are unaccusative).The motivation behind the label unergative …
46Accusative verb — An accusative verb is a verb that can be used transitively or intransitively, with the subject of the transitive verb becoming the argument of the intransitive verb. Some examples in English are murder , see , love .ee also*Unaccusative verb… …
47transitive verb — noun A verb that is accompanied (either clearly or implicitly) by a direct object in the active voice. It links the action taken by the subject with the object upon which that action is taken. Consequently, transitive verbs can also be used in… …
48intradirective verb — noun An intransitive verb in which the subject both actively performs and undergoes the action, as in verbs of motion such as walk, go, fly. In I walked to the store , the verb walk is intradirective, as the person undergoing the action is… …
49transitive verb — /trænzətɪv ˈvɜb/ (say tranzuhtiv verb) noun 1. a verb which can only be used with a direct object. 2. a verb used with a direct object, as drink in the sentence she drinks water where water is the direct object. Compare intransitive verb …
50re|verb — «rih VURB», transitive verb, intransitive verb. Informal. to reverberate …
