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actant [ˈæktənt]

(Linguistics / Grammar) Linguistics (in valency grammar) a noun phrase functioning as the agent of the main verb of a sentence

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No references found	That is, the eminent vernacular can only be actualized at the moment of utterance, when various factors come into play, such as presence, as the concrete manifestation of utterance connected with the "body proper, a sensing body that is the first form that the actant of enunciation takes"; (20) abduction, as "the process of forming explanatory hypothesis" (Peirce, CP 5. De vulgari eloquentia: Dante's semiotic workshop by de Benedictis, Raffaele / Italica In his opinion the reasons for the phenomenon may be phonetic, on the one hand, and grammatically incorrect description of situations, on the other: first, an actant of a situation is named in the nominative case, and only thereafter some "coherent" text follows. Use of the nominative of Samoyedic substantives as instances of ... by Kunnap, Ago / Linguistica Uralica The kind of character Wilberforce becomes in Apted's hands is what in narrative theory is called an actant. Representing 'goodness': Valerie Krips on the trouble with virtue by Krips, Valerie / Arena Magazine	Act of attainder Act of bankruptcy act of contrition act of faith act of God Act of grace Act of indemnity Act of insolvency act of mercy Act of Parliament Act of settlement act of terrorism Act of Uniformity act of war act on act out act reflexively act superior act up act upon actable Actaea Actaea alba Actaea rubra Actaeon actant actg ACTH Actias Actias luna Actifed actin actin- actinal Actinaria acting acting out actinia actinian Actiniaria actiniarian actinic actinic dermatitis actinic keratosis actinic radiation actinic ray actinide actinide series Actinidia Actinidia arguta Actinidia chinensis	actable actable actable actable ACTABS ACTAC Actaea Actaea Actaea Actaea alba Actaea alba Actaea pachypoda Actaea pachypoda Actaea pachypoda Actaea racemosa Actaea rubra Actaea spicata Actaea spicata Actaea spicata Actaee Actaeon Actaeon Actaeon's horns Actaeonidae ACTAF ACTAFL ACTAG Actaletidae Actalk ACTAN actant actants ACTAP ACTAPS Actar ACTARC ACTAS ACTAS ACTATE ACTB ACTBA ACTBALT ACTBO ACTBUA ACTC ACTCDA ACTCert ACTCM ACTCMP ACTCO ACTCQ ACTCS ACTD ACTD-T ACTDEC ACTDG

That is, the eminent vernacular can only be actualized at the moment of utterance, when various factors come into play, such as presence, as the concrete manifestation of utterance connected with the "body proper, a sensing body that is the first form that the actant of enunciation takes"; (20) abduction, as "the process of forming explanatory hypothesis" (Peirce, CP 5.

De vulgari eloquentia: Dante's semiotic workshop by de Benedictis, Raffaele / Italica

In his opinion the reasons for the phenomenon may be phonetic, on the one hand, and grammatically incorrect description of situations, on the other: first, an actant of a situation is named in the nominative case, and only thereafter some "coherent" text follows.

Use of the nominative of Samoyedic substantives as instances of ... by Kunnap, Ago / Linguistica Uralica

The kind of character Wilberforce becomes in Apted's hands is what in narrative theory is called an actant.

Representing 'goodness': Valerie Krips on the trouble with virtue by Krips, Valerie / Arena Magazine

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