- In linguistics, an
unaccusative verb is an
intransitive verb
whose grammatical subject is not a
semantic agent. In
other words, the
subject does not actively...
- as:
unaccusative when the
subject is not an agent; that is, it does not
actively initiate the
action of the verb (e.g. "die", "fall").
Unaccusative verbs...
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analysis (called the
unaccusative hypothesis),
unaccusatives and
unergatives form the two
subclasses of
intransitive verbs.
Unaccusative verbs cannot ****ign...
- resigning. But fall and die in the
sentence "They fall and die" are
unaccusative verbs,
since usually they are not
responsible for
falling or
dying but...
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structure of the
complement must
unify with the
structure of the head." The
unaccusative hypothesis was put
forward by
David Perlmutter in 1987, and describes...
- great.")
Gebroken glas is gevaarlijk. ("Broken gl**** is dangerous.") For
unaccusative intransitive verbs, the
meaning is active. Examples: De
gevallen man...
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Negative Performative Phrasal Predicative Preterite-present Pure
Reflexive Regular /
Irregular Separable Stative Stretched Transitive Unaccusative Unergative...
- verbs;
unaccusative and unergative.
Unaccusative verbs are
subdivided into "pure
unaccusatives" and
alternating unaccusatives (
unaccusatives that are...
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Negative Performative Phrasal Predicative Preterite-present Pure
Reflexive Regular /
Irregular Separable Stative Stretched Transitive Unaccusative Unergative...
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imperfective aspect is nominative-accusative. Some
dialects would only mark
unaccusative subjects as ergative. ****yrian Neo-Aramaic, in particular, has an ergative...
