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Resultative

In linguistics, a resultative (abbreviated .mw-parser-output span.smallcaps{font-variant:small-caps}.mw-parser-output span.smallcaps-smaller{font-size:85%}res) is a form that expresses that something or someone has undergone a change in state as the result of the completion of an event. Resultatives appear as predicates of sentences, and are generally…

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PerfectiveImperfectiveNounInfinitiveGerund
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As a system of oppositions

MarkednessMorphemeAuxiliariesCompoundsWord order
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Distribution

AspectUnaccusative verbsUnergative verbsReflexive pronounPerfects
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Resultative constructions

ReferentCausativeDirect objectSubject
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Resultative constructions

Traditional view

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Resultative

Nodes40
Edges39
Triples51
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.05
Components1

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Resultative

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related to Traditional view · 10
Resultative → Defining, Have, He, In, Namely, No, The, There, Traditionally, Yes
related to Verbal resultatives · 8
Resultative → Dutch, English, European, French, German, It, Italian, This
related to Adjectival resultatives · 6
Resultative → English, In, John, Mary, The, This
related to Sign-oriented analysis · 6
Resultative → An, Below, It’s, I’ve, Sign-oriented, This
related to As a system of oppositions · 5
Resultative → For, It, Markedness, These, This
related to Classes of resultative constructions · 4
Resultative → In, See, Semantically, These
related to Resultative constructions · 4
Resultative → NP, The, This, Within
is a · 2
Resultative → grammatical aspect construction that indicates the result state of the event denoted by the verb, phrase that indicates the state of a noun resulting from the completion of the verb
related to The resultative as a feature of English · 2
Resultative → It, Yet
related to Distribution · 1
Resultative → This

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verb state construction resultatives result constructions aspect noun english example table change approach sentences event within phrase action resultativeness verbs

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Resultativeis aphrase that indicates the state of a noun resulting from the completion of the verb0.90text
Resultativeis agrammatical aspect construction that indicates the result state of the event denoted by the verb0.90text
I turned this offer downinstance ofthis analysis does not account for phrases0.80text
which use the active rather than the passive voiceinstance ofthis analysis does not account for phrases0.80text
Resultativerelated to Adjectival resultativesThis0.60section
Resultativerelated to Adjectival resultativesIn0.60section
Resultativerelated to Adjectival resultativesEnglish0.60section
Resultativerelated to Adjectival resultativesJohn0.60section
Resultativerelated to Adjectival resultativesMary0.60section
Resultativerelated to Adjectival resultativesThe0.60section
Resultativerelated to As a system of oppositionsThis0.60section
Resultativerelated to As a system of oppositionsIt0.60section

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