[Lingtyp] terminological question about intransitive verbs

[Siva Kalyan]

I’ve heard Mark Donohue use “agentive” /əˈdʒɛntɪv/ and “patientive” /pəˈʃjɛntɪv/.

Siva

> On 12 May 2021, at 8:24 pm, Christian Lehmann <christian.lehmann at uni-erfurt.de> wrote:
> 
> The only or direct actant of an intransitive verb may be its actor (run) or its undergoer (die). 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:
> 
> active - inactive (Klimov)
> agentive - non-agentive
> unergative - unaccusative (Perlmutter)
> 
> 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
> actor-oriented - undergoer-oriented.
> However, I need the term 'oriented' in verbal grammar in a different sense, so I have to replace these. Currently, I call them
> actor-holding - undergoer-holding
> Not particularly elegant, are they?
> 
> 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?
> 
> Grateful for suggestions,
> Christian
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