active voice (Q14772)
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Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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English | active voice |
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Associated with transitivity, when the action is performed by an agent (subject) on another participant (object), or with intransitivity [McIntosh 1984, 108]. Refers to the category of underived verb forms associated with the basic diathesis: Diathesis=D0:(X=SUBabs/nom) (Y=DIROBacc) [Shibatani 1995, 7]
21 August 2021
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