voice

Grammatical category for verbs

Also known as diathesis · grammatical voice

Instance of: grammatical category
Subclass of: grammeme

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In grammar, the voice of a verb describes the relationship between the action that the verb expresses and the participants identified by its arguments. When the subject is the agent or doer of the action, the verb is in the active voice. When the subject is the patient, target or undergoer of the action, the verb is said to be in the passive voice. When the subject both performs and receives the action expressed by the verb, the verb is in the middle voice.

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22 statements · 18% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Different from: Strona

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17 identifiers linking voice across the web's reference databases

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18%

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