Comparative Concept: intransitive predication (inf)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
intransitive predication (inf)
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Alias(se) | intransitive predication |
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Spraakbanken | intransitive predication (inf) |
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Definition
a predication predicated of one salient - argument. Example: in Sarah is swimming, swimming is an intransitive predication because it is predicated of one argument, Sarah. (Section 6.1.2)