Unstable verb
An unstable verb is a verb with two syntactic uses: transitive (with subject and object) and intransitive, where the intransitive subject corresponds to the transitive object. The intransitive variant is then more precisely an unaccusative verb .
- Examples
- The child breaks the plate (transitive)
- The plate breaks (intransitive)
Individual evidence
- ^ Kulikov, Leonid & Nikolaos Lavidas. 2014. Introduction: Typology of labile verbs. Linguistics 52 (4). 871-877. doi: 10.1515 / ling-2014-0010