inaccusativity
Inaccusativity is a grammatical property of verbs that do not take a direct object. In English, inaccusative verbs are often used to describe states or changes of state, rather than actions that are performed on someone or something. These verbs do not require an object to complete their meaning, unlike transitive verbs, which do.
Examples of inaccusative verbs in English include "arrive," "appear," "collapse," "die," "fade," "fall," "freeze," "grow," "happen,"
Inaccusative verbs are often contrasted with unaccusative verbs, which are a subset of inaccusative verbs that
The distinction between inaccusative and unaccusative verbs is important in linguistics, as it helps to explain