endopassive meaning (rare): definition, etymology and quotations

endopassive

noun

Etymology From endo- + passive.

Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Rare A verb with the form of a passive voice construction, but indicating the state of, or an action toward something other than its subject.

Endopassives are: (a) introvert (not extrovert); (b) passive in the sense that the subject of the endopassive word was the object of the simplex [...] (c) unlike exopassives, the hypothetical subject of the simplex is grammatically and semantically not available2007, Axel Schuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 48:

endopassive

adj

Etymology From endo- + passive.

Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Rare, Of verbs Having passive form while predicating about something other than the subject of the passive voice construction.

Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Rare Being or relating to an endopassive.

4.6 Voicing of the initial consonant: endopassive derivation2007, Axel Schuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 48:

Related terms: exopassive, endoactive, pseudopassive

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