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Animacy (antonym: inanimacy) is a
grammatical and
semantic feature,
existing in some languages,
expressing how
sentient or
alive the
referent of a noun...
- e.
animacy and
number (nouns) or
person and
number (verbs) are
indicated within the same affix. All
nouns are
required to be
inflected for
animacy and...
- that noun's meaning, or attributes, like
biological ****, humanness, or
animacy. However, the
existence of
words that
denote male and female, such as the...
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markers that can
appear throughout the word,
depending again on emphasis;
animacy in
particular can
appear fluidly throughout verbs. In short,
while a few...
- fusional, e.g.
animacy and
number (nouns), are
indicated within the same affix. All
nouns are
split into two
categories and are
inflected for
animacy and are...
- and plural; and two
animacy classes:
animate (common), and
inanimate (neuter).
Adjectives and
pronouns agree with
nouns for
animacy, number, and case....
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grouping transitive and
intransitive verbs. They are case marking,
theme animacy, and planning, as
indicated by the
appropriate use of verb
suffixes denoting...
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English nouns form the
largest category of
words in English, both in the
number of
different words and how
often they are used in
typical texts. The three...
- singular.
Verbs are
divided into
classes depending on the
transitivity and
animacy of
their argument(s).
Transitivity of a verb
affects how many arguments...
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because of the
characteristic features of its referent, such as gender,
animacy, shape, but such
designations are
often clearly conventional. Some authors...
