intransitivise
Definition
- Verb:
- To make intransitive: The act of altering a verb or verb construction so that it no longer requires or takes a direct object. This often involves changing a transitive verb into an intransitive form.
Usage
- The verb 'intransitivise' is used in linguistic contexts to describe a grammatical process. It is a technical term.
- It is typically used in the active voice (e.g., "We can intransitivise the verb") or in the passive voice (e.g., "The verb was intransitivised").
- The action involves removing the requirement for a direct object.
Examples
Advanced Usage
- Causative Alternation: The process of 'intransitivising' is often discussed in relation to causative/inchoative alternations (e.g., "He broke the window" [transitive] vs. "The window broke" [intransitivised]).
- Valency Reduction: 'Intransitivise' describes a specific type of valency reduction where the direct object is removed, and the subject may become a patient/theme.
Variants and Related Words
- Intransitivize (verb): An alternative spelling, primarily used in American English.
- Intransitivisation / Intransitivization (noun): The process or result of making a verb intransitive.
- Detransitivise (verb): A near-synonym often used interchangeably in linguistics to mean 'to make less transitive' or 'to remove a direct object argument'.
Synonyms
- Detransitivize: To reduce the transitivity of a verb.
- (To make) Intransitive: A phrasal synonym describing the same action.
Antonyms
- Transitivise / Transitize: To make a verb transitive, or to add a direct object requirement.
Verb
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