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The only or direct actant of an intransitive verb may be its actor (<i>run</i>)
or its undergoer (<i>die</i>). This may be taken to be a feature of
the verb's valency. There are then two valency classes of
intransitive verbs. I know of the following terms for these:<br>
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active - inactive (Klimov)<br>
agentive - non-agentive<br>
unergative - unaccusative (Perlmutter)<br>
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All of these pairs have terminological or conceptual problems (which
I can name if desired). I have therefore been looking for better
terms. I had called them<br>
actor-oriented - undergoer-oriented.<br>
However, I need the term 'oriented' in verbal grammar in a different
sense, so I have to replace these. Currently, I call them<br>
actor-holding - undergoer-holding<br>
Not particularly elegant, are they?<br>
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Are there good terms on the linguistic market (of the past two
centuries) for what is meant by the above? Or failing this,
brilliant neologisms?<br>
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Grateful for suggestions,<br>
Christian<br>
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