agentive , auch: agential , auch: agentival

In its second most common form it triggers an agentive reading.

The only example of an agentive verb with a human subject is "I turned my head" (3).

The agentive case is overtly marked as distinct from the accusative.

Zero-derived agentive nouns may show plurality by means of subject markers.

Perceived self-efficacy refers to belief in one's agentive capabilities, that one can produce given levels of attainment.

Agentive pronouns are marked and are only used as subjects of some verbs.

Where a verb of sensing is used, the subject is marked by the agentive particle e.

Like the agentive case, the ablative can also take the ergative role marking the agent of an action.

That is, for any given intransitive verb the speaker may choose whether to mark the argument as agentive or patientive.

This suffix has the effect of decreasing the valency of the verb and giving it an agentive import.

This verbal form is originally a passive construction consisting of a passive participle and an agentive phrase.

The determiner suffix is attached to the final word of the noun phrase, not just the agentive noun.

I (agentive) will die here."

Rightwards reduplicated nouns can either take on a meaning related to the original word, or function as an agentive marker:

For example, the patientive argument might precede the verb, while the agentive argument might follow.

The otherwise unattested, agentive form itzam could thus mean "asperser" or "sorcerer".

The reports were identical except in the last sentence where one used the agentive phrase "ripped the costume" while the other said "the costume ripped."

The agent of the action is indicated with the agentive ("actance") prefix and a suffix expressing person and number.

Other constituents of a sentence, such as dative, comitative, agentive, and adverbial phrases, tend to come first in the sentence.

This morpheme is a canonical causative that adds an agentive causer to an event and is compatible with almost any verb in the language.

Oblique (agentive?)

Cross-linguistically, the agentive argument tends to be marked, and the patientive argument tends to be unmarked.

The terms agentive case and patientive case used above are descriptive but not standard; sometimes the terms active and inactive are used.

In BrE, the agentive -er suffix is commonly attached to football (also cricket; often netball; occasionally basketball).

Agentive -rít ("because", "due to")