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单词 inchoative
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Definition of inchoative in English:

inchoative

adjective ɪnˈkəʊətɪvɪnˈkoʊədɪv
Grammar
  • Denoting an aspect of a verb expressing the beginning of an action, typically one occurring of its own accord.

    〔语法〕(动词)表示动作(尤指自发性动作)开始体的(在许多英语动词中,开始体用法与使役用法交替出现)。比较ERGATIVE

    Compare with ergative
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A hundred and forty years later, the inchoative generalization of the verb has shown up in the New York Times.
    • However, there are some positively evaluated conditions in common inchoative collocations with go: go live, go platinum, go blonde.
noun ɪnˈkəʊətɪvɪnˈkoʊədɪv
  • An inchoative verb.

    起始动词

    Example sentencesExamples
    • An important defining feature of perfectivizing prefixation in Russian is the use of po- to signal the relative change of state in inchoatives as well as the indefinite temporal delimitation of atelic activities.
    • The fact that some idioms are restricted to causatives, while others are restricted to inchoatives, lends new support to the view that the two derivations are distinct.
    • It is argued however that the Hebrew inchoatives do not create any problems to the LMH.
    • For anticausativization, I review recent arguments suggesting that derived inchoatives have causative semantics as part of their lexical representation, consistent with the MH.
    • Is he saying that our genes have been programmed by evolution to resist inchoatives that involve becoming lost?

Definition of inchoative in US English:

inchoative

adjectiveinˈkōədivɪnˈkoʊədɪv
Grammar
  • Denoting an aspect of a verb expressing the beginning of an action, typically one occurring of its own accord. In many English verbs, inchoative uses alternate systematically with causative uses.

    〔语法〕(动词)表示动作(尤指自发性动作)开始体的(在许多英语动词中,开始体用法与使役用法交替出现)。比较ERGATIVE

    Compare with ergative
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A hundred and forty years later, the inchoative generalization of the verb has shown up in the New York Times.
    • However, there are some positively evaluated conditions in common inchoative collocations with go: go live, go platinum, go blonde.
nouninˈkōədivɪnˈkoʊədɪv
  • An inchoative verb.

    起始动词

    Example sentencesExamples
    • An important defining feature of perfectivizing prefixation in Russian is the use of po- to signal the relative change of state in inchoatives as well as the indefinite temporal delimitation of atelic activities.
    • It is argued however that the Hebrew inchoatives do not create any problems to the LMH.
    • The fact that some idioms are restricted to causatives, while others are restricted to inchoatives, lends new support to the view that the two derivations are distinct.
    • For anticausativization, I review recent arguments suggesting that derived inchoatives have causative semantics as part of their lexical representation, consistent with the MH.
    • Is he saying that our genes have been programmed by evolution to resist inchoatives that involve becoming lost?
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