agentive
nounEtymology From agent + -ive.
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences A word having an agentive construction.
- Related terms
- patientive
agentive
adj/əˈd͡ʒɛntɪv/ · /ˈeɪd͡ʒəntɪv/
Etymology From agent + -ive.
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Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Indicating an agent or agency (as -er in lexicographer).
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Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Pertaining to a grammatical agent that performs the action of the verb.
- On the other hand, she concedes that she has been able (in however limited a fashion) to take agentive actions to facilitate others’ socialization into and through Mandarin through programmatic activities she has contributed to. Thus, agency does not necessarily result in one’s own (sinophone or other) learning goals but may mediate others’ socialization, even when the facilitating or socializing agent is not herself an expert in the Chinese language.2015, Patricia A. Duff, Liam Doherty, “Examining Agency in (Second) Language Socialization Research”, in Ping Deters, Xuesong (Andy) Gao, Elizabeth R. Miller, Gergana Vitanova, editors, Theorizing and Analyzing Agency in Second Language Learning: Interdisciplinary Approaches (Second Language Acquisition; 84), Bristol: Multilingual Matters, →ISBN, part 1 (Theoretical Approaches to Agency), page 68:
- Derived terms
- agentively, agentive nominalisation, agentive nominalization, agentivity, interagentive, nonagentive