antipassivization

noun

The process by which a clause, word, etc. is converted into the antipassive voice.

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Meanings

nounantipassivization (countable and uncountable, plural antipassivizations)

plural antipassivizations · alternative antipassivisation

  1. countableuncountablehuman sciencesThe 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

Origin

From antipassive + -ization.

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