β Scribed by Leon Stassen
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Stassen makes a major contribution to the study of language typology with Intransitive Predication. Basing his analysis on a sample of 410 languages, he presents a universally applicable model for defining the domain of intransitive predication in natural languages. Intransitive predicates are defined in terms of four domains: events (Sarah is walking), classes (Sarah is a secretary), properties (Sarah is tall), and locations (Sarah is in the garden).
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Pairs of Japanese verbs where one takes an object and the other does not.<br/>These verbs which take an object are called transitive verbs [tadoushi (δ»εθ©)], and verbs which do not take an object are called intransitive verbs [jidoushi (θͺεθ©)].<br/>Here is the table of verbs that have pairs of δ»εθ© VS
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