Intransitive verbとTransitiveの前にInがついているので、「Transitiveじゃない」動詞、受け渡さない動詞、目的語とかに動詞の力が及ばない動詞、つまり目的語を取らない動詞、主語と自分(動詞)だけで文を完結させることができる動詞。 の形で文を文法上完結さ ...

Linking verbと言えば、すぐにこの五つ思い出せるように。 is, am, are, was, were Action verbはlook, have, eat, playみたいなやつらだったよね。 で、今日の話は、このAction verbというやつにはさらに二種類あるという話。 動作を表す動詞であるAction verbには二種類あるんだ！

AS we should all know by now, intransitive verbs are handicapped by their inability to take a direct object. Another way of saying this is that a subject cannot perform the action of intransitive ...

This study addressed the question of whether L2 learners are able to utilize verb’s argument structure information in online structural analysis. Previous L2 research has shown that L2 learners have ...

To recall, intransitive verbs are handicapped by their inability to take a direct object. Another way of saying this is that a subject cannot perform the action of intransitive verbs on a direct ...

A reader took issue with the title of my column two weeks ago. Inter alia, he wrote; “It is incorrect to say ‘Beware of’ . The correct usage is either “Be aware of” or just ‘Beware’. In response, I ...

Language learners the world over face the task of mapping unfamiliar words to meaning. Verbs are particularly difficult, given children's ontological expectation that new words might label objects ...

"Please open," said the dentist, and these words gave me something to think about during the uncomfortable moments of oral inspection that followed. Because what she actually said was 開いてください (Aite ...