portatiivsust
Portatiivsust is a theoretical term in linguistics used to describe the degree to which a language encodes portativity—the property of marking actions with respect to instrumentality or portable means by which they are performed. The concept covers both morphological and syntactic strategies that indicate how an action is carried out, including whether it is performed with a portable tool or under the agency of a portable actor.
The term draws on the root port- meaning carry and the suffix -ust to denote a state
Scholars distinguish a range of portatiivsust levels, from zero (no explicit portativity) to high (frequent and
Portatiivsust is evaluated for its usefulness in accounting for variation in how languages encode the relationship
Portativity, Instrumental case, Grammatical mood, Morphosyntax.