"unaccusative" meaning in All languages combined

See unaccusative on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌʌnəˈkjuːzətɪv/ [UK, US]
Etymology: From un- + accusative, from the fact that in a nominative-accusative language, the accusative case, which marks the direct object of a transitive verb, typically marks the non-volitional role. In unaccusative verbs, the non-volitional arguments do not take the accusative case. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|accusative}} un- + accusative Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} unaccusative (not comparable)
  1. (linguistics, of a verb) Intransitive and having an experiencer as its subject, that is, the (syntactic) subject is not a (semantic) agent. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Linguistics Hyponyms: intransitive Related terms: accusative Translations (intransitive and having an experiencer as its subject, that is, the (syntactic) subject is not a (semantic) agent): unakkuzatív (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-unaccusative-en-adj--miGwBfC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 55 45 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 79 21 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌʌnəˈkjuːzətɪv/ [UK, US] Forms: unaccusatives [plural]
Etymology: From un- + accusative, from the fact that in a nominative-accusative language, the accusative case, which marks the direct object of a transitive verb, typically marks the non-volitional role. In unaccusative verbs, the non-volitional arguments do not take the accusative case. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|accusative}} un- + accusative Head templates: {{en-noun}} unaccusative (plural unaccusatives)
  1. (linguistics) An unaccusative verb. Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-unaccusative-en-noun-XCmElB8N Categories (other): English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 55 45 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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