Triactantial

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having three actants (such as subject, direct object, and indirect object), not-comparable

    "1988, Julio Calvo Pérez, Perceptual and Topological Criteria in Linguistics Description, Publicacions de la Universitat de València S- A Juan se le permite venir F- On permet Jean de venir E- John is allowed to come by G- Johannes ist erlaubt vorbeizukommen All of these expressions contain an explicit triactantial (3-place) performative to allow, […]"

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"1988, Julio Calvo Pérez, Perceptual and Topological Criteria in Linguistics Description, Publicacions de la Universitat de València S- A Juan se le permite venir F- On permet Jean de venir E- John is allowed to come by G- Johannes ist erlaubt vorbeizukommen All of these expressions contain an explicit triactantial (3-place) performative to allow, […]"

Etymology

From tri- + actantial.

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