direct-inverse marking en · NOUN
Meanings
- (uncountable) An inflectional category encoding the relative animacy of the agent and the patient of a transitive verb. If the patient has higher animacy of the two, this is expressed using the inverse form of the verb; otherwise, the verb appears in direct form.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| direct/inverse marking | alternative | lexicographic |
Synonyms
direction marking · direct-inverse alignment · inverse marking