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	An ambitransitive verb is a verb which can be used either as a [[transitive verb]] or [[intransitive verb]] without any morphological marking of its [[Valenzalternation\|valence alternation]].		An ambitransitive verb is a verb which can be used either as a [[transitive verb]] or [[intransitive verb]] without any morphological marking of its [[Valenzalternation\|valence alternation]].

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	An ambitransitive verb is a verb which can be used either as a [[transitive verb]] or [[intransitive verb]] without any morphological marking of its [[Valenzalternation\|valence alternation]].		An ambitransitive verb is a verb which can be used either as a [[transitive verb]] or [[intransitive verb]] without any morphological marking of its [[Valenzalternation\|valence alternation]].

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	An ~~'''~~ambitransitive verb~~'''~~ is a verb which can be used either as a [[transitive verb]] or [[intransitive verb]] without any morphological marking of its [[Valenzalternation\|valence alternation]].		An ambitransitive verb is a verb which can be used either as a [[transitive verb]] or [[intransitive verb]] without any morphological marking of its [[Valenzalternation\|valence alternation]].

	=== Semantic groups ===		=== Semantic groups ===
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	The main semantic groups of verbs which tend to be labile cross-linguistically are:		The main semantic groups of verbs which tend to be labile cross-linguistically are:

	~~{\|-~~		1. motion verbs
	\|1. motion verbs		2. destruction verbs
	\|-		3. phasal verbs (Bulgarian ''zapochvam'' 'begin')
	\|2. destruction verbs		4. sound emission verbs (Russian ''igrat''' 'play', Bulgarian ''svirja'' 'play', German ''spielen'' 'play', French ''sonner'' 'sound, play')
	\|-
	\|3. phasal verbs (Bulgarian ''zapochvam'' 'begin')
	\|-
	\|4. sound emission verbs (Russian ''igrat''' 'play', Bulgarian ''svirja'' 'play', German ''spielen'' 'play', French ''sonner'' 'sound, play'
	\|}

	=== Examples ===		=== Examples ===
			English:

	~~English~~		1) ''Malcolm is reading a book.'' (''read'' is transitive)
			2) ''Malcolm is reading.'' (''read'' is intransitive)
	''Malcolm is reading a book.'' (''read'' is transitive)

	''Malcolm is reading.'' (''read'' is intransitive)

	=== Subtypes ===		=== Subtypes ===
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	==== S/A aligned ambitransitive verbs ====		==== S/A aligned ambitransitive verbs ====

	German		German:

	~~{\|-~~
	~~\|'''''Inge''' liest ein Buch.'' \|\| (transitive ''lesen'' has '''A''' and P)~~
	\|-
	~~\| ‘Inge is reading a book.’ \|\|~~
	\|-
	\|}

	~~{\|-~~
	~~\|'''''Inge''' liest'' \|\| (intransitive ''lesen'' has an '''agent-like''' S)~~
	\|-
	~~\| ‘Inge is reading.’ \|\|~~
	\|-
	\|}

	~~{\|-~~
	~~\| *''Ein Buch liest.'' \|\| (intransitive ''lesen'' cannot take a patient-like S)~~
	\|-
	~~\| *‘A book is reading.’ \|\|~~
	\|-
	\|}

			3) '''Inge''' liest ein Buch.'' \|\| (transitive ''lesen'' has '''A''' and P)
			‘Inge is reading a book.’
			4) '''Inge''' liest'' \|\| (intransitive ''lesen'' has an '''agent-like''' S)
			‘Inge is reading.’ \|\|
			5) *''Ein Buch liest.'' \|\| (intransitive ''lesen'' '''cannot''' take a patient-like S)
			*‘A book is reading.’ \|\|

	==== S/P aligned ambitransitive verbs ====		==== S/P aligned ambitransitive verbs ====

	English		English:

	~~'''''Carl''' opens the door.'' (transitive ''open'' has A and '''P''')~~

	~~'''''The door''' opens.'' (intransitive ''open'' has a '''patient-like''' S)~~

	~~<nowiki>*</nowiki>''Carl opens.'' (intransitive ''open'' cannot have an agent-like' S)~~

			6) '''Carl''' opens the door.'' (transitive ''open'' has A and '''P''')
			7) '''The door''' opens.'' (intransitive ''open'' has a '''patient-like''' S)
			8) ''Carl opens.'' (intransitive ''open'' cannot have an agent-like' S)

	==== Unaligned ambitransitive verbs ====		==== Unaligned ambitransitive verbs ====

	German		German:

	~~{\|-~~
	~~\|'''''Dietlind''' kocht eine Suppe.'' \|\| (transitive ''kochen'' has '''A''' and P)~~
	\|-
	~~\| ‘Dietlind is cooking a soup.’ \|\|~~
	\|-
	\|}

	~~{\|-~~
	~~\|'''''Dietlind''' kocht.'' \|\| (intransitive ''kochen'' can have an '''agent-like''' S)~~
	\|-
	~~\| ‘Dietlind is cooking (something).’ \|\|~~
	\|-
	\|}

	{\|-		9) '''Dietlind''' kocht eine Suppe.'' \|\| (transitive ''kochen'' has '''A''' and P)
	\|'''''Die Suppe''' kocht.'' \|\| (intransitive ''kochen'' can have a '''patient-like''' S)		‘Dietlind is cooking a soup.’ \|\|
	\|-		10) '''Dietlind''' kocht.'' \|\| (intransitive ''kochen'' can have an '''agent-like''' S)
	\| ‘The soup is being cooked (by somebody).’ \|\|		‘Dietlind is cooking (something).’ \|\|
	\|-		11) '''Die Suppe''' kocht.'' \|\| (intransitive ''kochen'' can have a '''patient-like''' S)
	\|}		‘The soup is being cooked (by somebody).’ \|\|

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	An '''ambitransitive verb''' is a verb which can be used either as a [[transitive verb]] or [[intransitive verb]] without any morphological marking of its [[Valenzalternation\|valence alternation]].		An '''ambitransitive verb''' is a verb which can be used either as a [[transitive verb]] or [[intransitive verb]] without any morphological marking of its [[Valenzalternation\|valence alternation]].

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	\|2. destruction verbs		\|2. destruction verbs
	\|-		\|-
	\|3. phasal verbs		\|3. phasal verbs (Bulgarian ''zapochvam'' 'begin')
	\|-		\|-
	\|4. sound emission verbs		\|4. sound emission verbs (Russian ''igrat''' 'play', Bulgarian ''svirja'' 'play', German ''spielen'' 'play', French ''sonner'' 'sound, play'
	\|}		\|}

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	The main semantic groups of verbs which tend to be labile cross-linguistically are:		The main semantic groups of verbs which tend to be labile cross-linguistically are:

	1. motion verbs		{\|-
			\|1. motion verbs
	\|-		\|-
	2. destruction verbs		\|2. destruction verbs
	\|-		\|-
	3. phasal verbs		\|3. phasal verbs
	\|-		\|-
	4. sound emission verbs		\|4. sound emission verbs
			\|}

	=== Examples ===		=== Examples ===

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	1. motion verbs		1. motion verbs
			\|-
	2. destruction verbs		2. destruction verbs
			\|-
	3. phasal verbs		3. phasal verbs
			\|-
	4. sound emission verbs		4. sound emission verbs

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	An '''ambitransitive verb''' is a verb which can be used either as a [[transitive verb]] or [[intransitive verb]] without any morphological marking of its [[Valenzalternation\|valence alternation]].		An '''ambitransitive verb''' is a verb which can be used either as a [[transitive verb]] or [[intransitive verb]] without any morphological marking of its [[Valenzalternation\|valence alternation]].

			=== Semantic groups ===

			The main semantic groups of verbs which tend to be labile cross-linguistically are:

			1. motion verbs
			2. destruction verbs
			3. phasal verbs
			4. sound emission verbs

	=== Examples ===		=== Examples ===

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An '''ambitransitive verb''' is a verb which can be used either as a [[transitive verb]] or [[intransitive verb]] without any morphological marking of its [[Valenzalternation|valence alternation]].

=== Examples ===

English

''Malcolm is reading a book.'' (''read'' is transitive)

''Malcolm is reading.'' (''read'' is intransitive)

=== Subtypes ===

==== S/A aligned ambitransitive verbs ====

German

{|-
|'''''Inge''' liest ein Buch.'' || (transitive ''lesen'' has '''A''' and P)
|-
| ‘Inge is reading a book.’ ||
|-
|}

{|-
|'''''Inge''' liest'' || (intransitive ''lesen'' has an '''agent-like''' S)
|-
| ‘Inge is reading.’ ||
|-
|}

{|-
| *''Ein Buch liest.'' || (intransitive ''lesen'' cannot take a patient-like S)
|-
| *‘A book is reading.’ ||
|-
|}

==== S/P aligned ambitransitive verbs ====

English

'''''Carl''' opens the door.'' (transitive ''open'' has A and '''P''')

'''''The door''' opens.'' (intransitive ''open'' has a '''patient-like''' S)

<nowiki>*</nowiki>''Carl opens.'' (intransitive ''open'' cannot have an agent-like' S)

==== Unaligned ambitransitive verbs ====

German

{|-
|'''''Dietlind''' kocht eine Suppe.'' || (transitive ''kochen'' has '''A''' and P)
|-
| ‘Dietlind is cooking a soup.’ ||
|-
|}

{|-
|'''''Dietlind''' kocht.'' || (intransitive ''kochen'' can have an '''agent-like''' S)
|-
| ‘Dietlind is cooking (something).’ ||
|-
|}

{|-
|'''''Die Suppe''' kocht.'' || (intransitive ''kochen'' can have a '''patient-like''' S)
|-
| ‘The soup is being cooked (by somebody).’ ||
|-
|}

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