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'''Unaccusative [[verb]]s''' are a subclass of [[intransitive]]s. Their [[single argument]]s denote [[direct object]]s in [[relational grammar]] and [[Government and Binding Theory|GB]], instead of [[agent]]-like [[participant]]s. Thus unaccusatives are defined syntactically rather than semantically.

=== Examples ===

[[English]] unaccusatives are ''fall'', ''arrive'' or ''melt''. In [[German]] there are unaccusative verbs like ''entgleiten'' (slip) or ''zerbrechen'' (break).

=== Comments ===

In English as well as in German, unaccusatives differ from other verbs in the selection of their [[perfective]] [[auxiliary]]. The unaccusatives take a form of ''to be'' or ''sein'', respectively, whereas the other verbs take a form of ''to have'' or ''haben'', respectively.

=== Synonyms ===

*[[Ergative verb]]
*[[Inactive verb]]
*[[Stative verb]]

=== Antonyms ===

*[[Accusative verb]]
*[[Unergative verb]]
*[[Active verb]]
*[[Agentive verb]]

=== Origin ===

The name "unaccusative" denotes that the single argument of the intransitive verb does not behave like the subject of a [[transitive]] verb, which would be expected in an ''accusative'' alignment. It was introduced by Perlmutter (1978), but originally coined by G. Pullum (cf. Pullum 1988).

=== See also ===

*[[Inactive verb]]
*[[Stative verb]]
*[[Telicity]]
*[[Unergative]]

=== References ===

*Bußmann, Hadumod. 2002. ''Lexikon der Sprachwissenschaft.'' Stuttgart: Kröner. (ISBN 3-520-45203-0)
*Perlmutter, David M. 1978. "Impersonal passives and the unaccusative hypothesis." ''Berkeley Linguistic Society'' 4: 157-189.
*Pullum, Geoffrey. 1988. Topic...Comment: Citation etiquette beyond thunderdome. ''Natural Language and Linguistic Theory'' 6.4: 579-588.

=== Other languages ===
German [[unakkusativisches Verb]]

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-'''Unaccusative [[verb]]s''' are a subclass of [[intransitive]]s. Their [[single argument]]s denote [[direct object]]s in [[relational grammar]] and [[Government and Binding Theory|GB]], instead of [[agent]]-like [[participant]]s. Thus unaccusatives are defined syntactically rather than semantically.
+'''Unaccusative [[verb]]s''' are a subclass of [[intransitive]]s. Their [[single argument]]s denote [[direct object]]s in [[relational grammar]] and [[Government and Binding Theory|GB]], instead of [[agent]]-like [[participant]]s. Thus unaccusatives are defined syntactically rather than semantically as verbs that assign no [[external theta-role]] and no structural [[Case]].
 === Examples ===
 [[English]] unaccusatives are ''fall'', ''arrive'' or ''melt''. In [[German]] there are unaccusative verbs like ''entgleiten'' (slip) or ''zerbrechen'' (break).
 === Comments ===
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 *[[Inactive verb]]
 *[[Stative verb]]
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 === References ===
+*Burzio, L. 1986. ''Italian Syntax,'' Reidel, Dordrecht.
 *Bußmann, Hadumod. 2002. ''Lexikon der Sprachwissenschaft.'' Stuttgart: Kröner. (ISBN 3-520-45203-0)
 *Perlmutter, David M. 1978. "Impersonal passives and the unaccusative hypothesis." ''Berkeley Linguistic Society'' 4: 157-189.

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