Transitivity
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| − | :In the UNLarium framework, objects are to be considered elliptical (hidden) in verbal constructions if they can be inferred from the context. | + | :In the UNLarium framework, objects are to be considered elliptical (hidden) in verbal constructions if they can be inferred from the context. |
::I read the book = I read all the afternoon = direct monotransitive (TST) (no significant semantic change) | ::I read the book = I read all the afternoon = direct monotransitive (TST) (no significant semantic change) | ||
::John kissed Mary = John kisses well = direct monotransitive (TST) (no significant semantic change) | ::John kissed Mary = John kisses well = direct monotransitive (TST) (no significant semantic change) | ||
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;Objects (essential) are not to be confounded with adjuncts (accidental) | ;Objects (essential) are not to be confounded with adjuncts (accidental) | ||
:John bought a car to Mary = direct monotransitive (TST) and not ditransitive (DTST) | :John bought a car to Mary = direct monotransitive (TST) and not ditransitive (DTST) | ||
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| + | ;Copula is to be considered without transitivity (NTRA) | ||
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| + | ;Subject and object complements are not to be represented as part of the transitivity of the verb: | ||
| + | :You make me nervous = You make [me become nervous] = direct monotransitive (DTST) and not ditransitive | ||
| + | :I considered him to be an excellent choice = I considered [that he was an excellent choice] = direct monotransitive (DTST) and not ditransitive | ||
=== Examples === | === Examples === | ||
Revision as of 18:40, 19 March 2010
Transitivity is a category that indicates the number of objects a verb requires or takes in a given instance.
Natural language
In the UNLarium framework, transitivity may assume the following values:
- Elliptical objects
- In the UNLarium framework, objects are to be considered elliptical (hidden) in verbal constructions if they can be inferred from the context.
- I read the book = I read all the afternoon = direct monotransitive (TST) (no significant semantic change)
- John kissed Mary = John kisses well = direct monotransitive (TST) (no significant semantic change)
- John bought a car = John buys (and Peter sells) = direct monotransitive (TST) (no significant semantic change)
- Different transitivity values mean different senses
- In the UNLarium framework, the same verb may have different transitivity values, but only when associated to different UWs:
- John lives in Paris = intransitive (NTST) (live = reside)
- John lives a nightmare = direct monotransitive (TST) (live = experience)
- Objects (essential) are not to be confounded with adjuncts (accidental)
- John bought a car to Mary = direct monotransitive (TST) and not ditransitive (DTST)
- Copula is to be considered without transitivity (NTRA)
- Subject and object complements are not to be represented as part of the transitivity of the verb
- You make me nervous = You make [me become nervous] = direct monotransitive (DTST) and not ditransitive
- I considered him to be an excellent choice = I considered [that he was an excellent choice] = direct monotransitive (DTST) and not ditransitive
Examples
- English
- unergative (NERG) = run (John ran)
- unaccusative (NACC) = fall (John fell)
- direct monotransitive (TST) = kiss (John kissed Jane)
- indirect monotransitive (ITST) = depend (John depend on Jane)
- ditransitive (DTST) = give (John gave Jane an apple)
- tritransitive (TTST) = trade (John traded Jane an apple for an orange)
UNL
In UNL, transitivity, as a syntactic property, is not to be informed.
