Meaning of animacy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The state of being alive.
   uncountable, usually
2. In some languages, the characteristic of a noun, dependent on its living or sentient nature, which affects grammatical features (it can modify verbs used with the noun, affect the noun's declension, etc.).
   uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“These may differ radically in their linguistic animacy, as briefly discussed above, without this having any consequences for their biological animacy.”

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