alanyigetárgy

Alanyigetárgy is a term that appears in some discussions of Hungarian grammar but is not part of the core, widely standardized terminology used in mainstream reference grammars. The word is formed from alanyi (related to the subject) and tárgy (object), and its precise meaning varies between authors and educational contexts. In many sources the term is not consistently defined, and some writers treat it as a nonstandard or transitional label rather than a canonical category.

In attempting to describe alanyigetárgy, linguists typically refer to it as a kind of argument-structure configuration that involves a relation between the subject (alany) and the object (tárgy) within a sentence or across related clauses. Some analyses use the term to discuss cases where a noun phrase can be interpreted as playing the role of the subject in one part of a construction and as the object in another, or where emphasis or voice changes affect how the noun phrase is categorized. Because the term is not universally defined, its interpretation is heavily dependent on the particular theoretical framework being applied.

Relation to more standard terms is important: alanyigetárgy is distinct from the conventional direct object (közvetlen tárgy) and from indirect objects (részesedő tárgy), and it is not always aligned with the standard division between subject and object in traditional Hungarian grammar. When used, it often appears in descriptive or didactic passages rather than in formal syntax textbooks.

See also: Hungarian grammar, alany, tárgy, közvetlen tárgy. Note that the term’s exact meaning should be verified with the specific source or author using it.