unaccusative
English
/ˌʌnəˈkjuːzətɪv/
adj
Definitions
- (linguistics) Intransitive and having an experiencer as its subject, that is, the (syntactic) subject is not a (semantic) agent.
Etymology
Prefix from English accusative.
Origin
English
accusative
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- accusative English
- accusatively English
- accusativeness English
- accusativity English
- accuse English
- nominoaccusative English
- nonaccusative English
- unaccusatively English
- unaccusativity English
- αἰτιᾱτός Ancient Greek
- accusative Middle English
- akuzativ Albanian