Inchoative Sentence

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An Inchoative Sentence is a Linguistic Sentence that ...

  • Example(s):
    • The window broke.” contains a [Homophonous Intransitive Verb]? whose Subject? is the Object of the Sentence "I broke the window".
    • The woman becomes sad.” (vs. “The woman is sad.")
  • See: Causative Sentence.


References

  • inchoative Denoting the beginning of an action.