actant

/ ˈæktənt /

noun

1. linguistics (in valency grammar) a noun phrase functioning as the agent of the main verb of a sentence

Example Sentences

She made it a term of her agreement with the actant that it speak through Donna whenever she was available.

From Slate

“The park’s actant is an advocate for a natural system, like a forest, an eagle clan, or a pond. I’m the reverse of that. You can think of me as all the damage caused by the mercury, given a voice. And my point is, people may shuffle the blame around all they like. But I’m still here.”

From Slate

Donna wasn’t available to avatar, but with the new funding the actant could afford more sophisticated augmented-reality characters.

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Nadine had been wondering how her actant fitted into this system.

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“So we, what—we take out a loan to pay this actant?”

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