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triactantial

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Having three actants (such as subject, direct object, and indirect object),

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Examples

  • 1988, Julio Calvo Pérez, Perceptual and Topological Criteria in Linguistics Description, Publicacions de la Universitat de València S- A Juan se le permite venir F- On permet Jean de venir E- John is allowed to come by G- Johannes ist erlaubt vorbeizukommen All of these expressions contain an explicit triactantial (3-place) performative to allow, [...]

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History

Etymology

From tri- + actantial.