词条 | Accusative verb |
释义 |
An accusative verb is a verb that would normally take a direct object but can also be used as an intransitive verb without the meaning being changed. Some examples in English are eat, see, win. For example:
In Latin and German, apple in the first example would be in the accusative case (in other words, it would have the form that is used for the direct object of a verb). An 'accusative verb' thus had a direct object in the accusative case if it is used transitively. Accusative verbs can be distinguished from unaccusative verbs. The latter are intransitive verbs that indicate a change of state (usually involuntary):
The first two verbs above can be used with a direct object but with a change of meaning (for example, 'broke something' vs. 'got broken itself'). Accusative verbs can be distinguished from unergative verbs as well, which are intransitive verbs that do not describe a change of state but also do not usually take a direct object:
See also
1 : Transitivity and valency |
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