Where the deverbal noun is derived by means of the agentive suffix the verb is almost invariably in the third person singular form, which is to say, not marked for number.
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There are two plural forms :, with the duo-plural agentive suffix, and, in which the zero-marked form is based on the plural form of the verb.
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The agentive derivational suffix "-�i " is homophonous with the attributive verb suffix, however the agentive requires-I in the classifier as with the other derivational forms.
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The agentive derivational suffix "-�i " is homophonous with the attributive verb suffix, however the agentive requires-I in the classifier as with the other derivational forms.
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There are two causatives, the less productive being " ma0?a-" stimulus, which adds a non-agentive or inanimate causer of an involuntary change of state.
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Languages lacking case inflections may indicate case by different word orders, using adpositions, etc . For example, the patientive argument might precede the verb, while the agentive argument might follow.
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Also, as Anonymous and Wooty have demonstrated, it's more common to use non-agentive passive voice in scientific writing than to talk about what " we " did.
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Verbs taking agentive subjects are most common in the lexicon ( about 69 % ), followed by those taking objective subjects ( 29 % ) and those that may take either ( 2 % ).
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:: : : : Only certain verbs invoke the ergative ending ( more or less transitive verbs with semantically agentive but grammatically neuter subjects, though things can apparently get more complex than that ).
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Agentive ambitransitives ( also called S = A ambitransitives ) include verbs such as " walk " and " knit " because the S of the intransitive corresponds to the A of the transitive.
