What does unaccusative mean?
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un·ac·cusative
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unaccusativenoun
An unaccusative verb.
unaccusativeadjective
Intransitive and having an experiencer as its subject, that is, the (syntactic) subject is not a (semantic) agent.
Etymology: from the fact that in a nominative-accusative language, the accusative case, which marks the direct object of a transitive verb, typically marks the non-volitional role. In unaccusative verbs, the non-volitional arguments do not take the accusative case.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of unaccusative in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of unaccusative in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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