decausativise

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A form of decausativize — To function in manner that is not causative (e.g. The causative verb "melt" in He melts the ice decausativizes in The ice melts).

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Meanings

verbdecausativise (third-person singular simple present decausativises, present participle decausativising, simple past and past participle decausativised)

present singular third person decausativises · participle present decausativising · participle past decausativised · past decausativised

  1. alternativeAlternative form of decausativize.

    For example, a verb such as oxidar specifies the external cause in Spanish (it decausativises or intransitivises into oxidarse), whereas the English equivalent is encoded as a process of internal causality.

    2009, Rolf Kailuweit, Eva Staudinger, Björn Wiemer, New applications of Role & Reference Grammar, page 292
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Chicago

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