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2. Stative verb - Wikipedia

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   According to some linguistics theories, a stative verb is a verb that describes a state of being, in contrast to a dynamic verb, which describes an action.The difference can be categorized by saying that stative verbs describe situations that are static, or unchanging throughout their entire duration, whereas dynamic verbs describe processes that entail change over time. [1]

3. Active–stative alignment - Wikipedia

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   In linguistic typology, active–stative alignment (also split intransitive alignment or semantic alignment) is a type of morphosyntactic alignment in which the sole argument ("subject") of an intransitive clause (often symbolized as S) is sometimes marked in the same way as an agent of a transitive verb (that is, like a subject such as "I" or "she" in English) but other times in the same way ...

4. English passive voice - Wikipedia

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   In English, the passive voice is marked by a subject that is followed by a stative verb complemented by a past participle. For example: The enemy was defeated. Caesar was stabbed. The recipient of a sentence's action is referred to as the patient. In sentences using the active voice, the subject is the performer of the action—referred to as ...

5. Tense–aspect–mood - Wikipedia

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   Within the indicative mood, there is a present tense habitual aspect form (which can also be used with stative verbs), a past tense habitual aspect form (which also can be used with stative verbs), a near past tense form, a remote past tense form (which can also be used to convey past perspective on an immediately prior situation or event), a ...

6. Uses of English verb forms - Wikipedia

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   For stative verbs that do or do not use progressive aspect when expressing a temporary state, see § Progressive aspect. For the use of could see in place of saw etc., see have got and can see below. The simple past is often close in meaning to the present perfect. The simple past is used when the event is conceived as occurring at a particular ...

7. Passive voice - Wikipedia

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   In English, the passive voice expressed with the auxiliary verb "get" rather than "be" ("get-passive") expresses a dynamic rather than a static meaning. But when the auxiliary verb "be" is used, the main verb can have either a dynamic or static meaning as shown below (including copies of some examples from above): The dog gets fed twice a day ...

8. Morphosyntactic alignment - Wikipedia

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   gizona -∅ the.man - ABS S etorri da has arrived VERB intrans gizona -∅ {etorri da} the.man -ABS {has arrived} S VERB intrans 'The man has arrived.' Gizonak mutila ikusi du. gizona -k the.man - ERG A mutila -∅ boy - ABS O ikusi du saw VERB trans gizona -k mutila -∅ {ikusi du} the.man -ERG boy -ABS saw A O VERB trans 'The man saw the boy.' In Basque, gizona is "the man" and mutila is ...

9. Causative - Wikipedia

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   In English, adjectives (or stative verbs in other languages) can express the acquisition of a quality or changes of state with causatives, in the same way as with regular verbs. For example, if there is a stative verb to be large , the causative will mean to enlarge , to make grow .