applicative
adjective
uk/əˈplɪk.ə.tɪv/us/əˈplɪk.ə.t̬ɪv/applicativeadjective(IN LANGUAGE)
languagespecialized
using orshowingagrammaticalvoice(= aformof a word thatshowstherelationshipbetween theactiondescribedby averbanditssubject)thatexistsin somelanguagesand thatrelatestotransitivity(= therelationshipbetween averband any ofitsobjects):
TheystudiedSesothodoubleobjectapplicativeconstructions.
In thissentence, theverbis suffixed by-pii, the applicativemarker.
- The applicativevoiceis oftenfoundin agglutinativelanguages, such as theBantuand Austronesianlanguages.
- Theirresearchwas on children'sspontaneoususe of Sesotho applicativeconstructions.
- Applicativeconstructionsallowlanguagestoexpresswhatotherwisewould beexpressedas anobliqueparticipantas acoreobjectparticipant.
- In thecaseof atransitiveverb,addingthe applicativemorphemerenderstheverbditransitive.
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applicativeadjective(PRACTICAL)
relatingto asubjectofstudy,especiallyascience, that has apracticaluse:
Machinelearningis an applicativesciencethat hasoptimizedalgorithmsandmodelsfordataanalysis.
Synonyms
applied
practical
- Inouropinion, thesystemwassuccessfulboth from ascientificpointofviewand from an applicativepointofview.
Subjects & disciplines
- Afrocentrism
- andragogy
- AP
- applied
- area studies
- glaciology
- hard science
- historiography
- home economics
- horology
- ontology
- oology
- orientalist
- PE
- pedagogy
- subscience
- suicidology
- technical
- technically
- TEFL
applicative
noun[CorS]
uk/əˈplɪk.ə.tɪv/us/əˈplɪk.ə.t̬ɪv/languagespecialized
agrammaticalvoice(= aformof a word thatshowstherelationshipbetween theactiondescribedby averbanditssubject)thatexistsin somelanguagesand thatrelatestotransitivity(= therelationshipbetween averband any ofitsobjects):
Alanguagemay havemultipleapplicatives.
commonSesothoverbsusedin theapplicative
- Thisresearchon applicativesfocusesonaspectsoftheirsynchronic morphosyntax.
- Applicatives have someoverlapwith causatives, and in somelanguages, the two haveidenticalforms.
- Manyanalyseshavefocusedon thestatusof theobjectthatappearsin the applicative.
Linguistics: terminology & vocabulary
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