agentive en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈeɪd͡ʒəntɪv/
- /əˈd͡ʒɛntɪv/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin agēnsder. English agent Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English agentive From agent + -ive.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Indicating an agent or agency (as -er in lexicographer).
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(not-comparable) 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:
Deriveds
interagentive · agentively · agentive nominalization · nonagentive · agentive nominalisation · agentivity
Translations (4)
fi agentiivinen (indicating an agent) · fr agentif (indicating an agent) · pt agentivo (indicating an agent) · es agentivo (indicating an agent)