agentiveとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From agent +‎ -ive.

発音

• IPA: /əˈd͡ʒɛntɪv/, /ˈeɪd͡ʒəntɪv/

形容詞

agentive (not comparable)

1. (grammar) Indicating an agent or agency (as -er in lexicographer).
2. (grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical agent that performs the action of the verb.
   • 2015, Patricia A. Duff, Liam Doherty, “Examining Agency in (Second) Language Socialization Research”, in Ping Deters, Xuesong (Andy) Gao, Elizabeth R. Miller, Gergana Vitanova, editors, Theorizing and Analyzing Agency in Second Language Learning: Interdisciplinary Approaches (Second Language Acquisition; 84), Bristol: Multilingual Matters, →ISBN, part 1 (Theoretical Approaches to Agency), page 68:

     On the other hand, she concedes that she has been able (in however limited a fashion) to take agentive actions to facilitate others’ socialization into and through Mandarin through programmatic activities she has contributed to. Thus, agency does not necessarily result in one’s own (sinophone or other) learning goals but may mediate others’ socialization, even when the facilitating or socializing agent is not herself an expert in the Chinese language.

派生語

名詞

agentive (plural agentives)

1. (linguistics) A word having an agentive construction.

参考

• patientive

アナグラム

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