dechticaetiative

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: dĕk-tĭ-sēʹ-tē-ə-tĭv, IPA^(key): /dɛk.tɪ.ˈsi.ti.ə.tɪv/
• Hyphenation: dech‧ti‧cae‧ti‧a‧tive
• Rhymes: -itiətɪv

Etymology

Dubious. Etymologically, the first morpheme of the term may come from Ancient Greek δέχομαι (dékhomai, “to take, receive”); the second is obscure, but it is remotely possible it derives from Ancient Greek καίτοι (kaítoi, “further, indeed”). The term was first introduced by Dr. Edward L. Blansitt, Jr. A more current term with the same signification is secundative.

Adjective

dechticaetiative (not comparable)

1. (linguistics, of a language) In which the indirect objects of ditransitive verbs are treated like the direct objects of monotransitive verbs.

   Most dechticaetiative languages are found in Africa.

Usage notes

• Ditransitive verbs have two arguments other than the subject: a patient that undergoes the action and a recipient or beneficiary that receives the patient. In a dechticaetiative language, the recipient of a ditransitive verb is treated in the same way as the single object of a monotransitive verb, and this syntactic category is called primary object. The patient of a ditransitive verb is treated separately and called secondary object.