decausativisation

English

Examples
  • I open the door. → The door opens.
  • He flew the kite. → The kite flew.

Alternative forms

Noun

decausativisation (usually uncountable, plural decausativisations)

  1. (linguistics) A process through which causative transitive verbs become noncausative and intransitive.

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