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antipassivization

antipassivization noun: the process by which a clause, word, etc. is converted into the antipassive voice.

Noun

antipassivization (countable and uncountable, plural antipassivizations)

  1. The process by which a clause, word, etc. is converted into the antipassive voice.
    • What are the conditions for zero-detransitivisations and kha-antipassivisations?2014, Narayan Prasad Sharma, Morphosyntax of Puma, a Tibeto‐Burman language of Nepal (thesis), London: University of London, archived from the original on 10 May 2024, page 69

Forms of antipassivization

pluralantipassivizations
alternative formantipassivisation

Origin of antipassivization

From antipassive + -ization.

Questions about antipassivization

What does antipassivization mean?
Antipassivization means the process by which a clause, word, etc. is converted into the antipassive voice.
What part of speech is antipassivization?
Antipassivization is a noun.
What is the plural of antipassivization?
The plural of antipassivization is antipassivizations.

Words near antipassivization in the dictionary

  1. antipassivisations
  2. antipassivise
  3. antipassivised
  4. antipassivises
  5. antipassivising
  6. antipassivization
  7. antipassivizations
  8. antipassivize
  9. antipassivized
  10. antipassivizes
  11. antipassivizing

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