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Definition of Animacy
1. Noun. (linguistics) The characteristic of a noun, in some languages, that is dependent on its living or sentient nature; this characteristic affects grammatical features (it can modify verbs used with the noun, affect the noun's declension etc). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Animacy
1. the state of being alive [n -CIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Animacy
Literary usage of Animacy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity: With References to the Scotch and by John Hutton Balfour Browne (1880)
"... and in this sense moral notions would be coextensive with animacy— that part
of nature which is out of the dominion of immediate consciousness. ..."
2. Ptolemy and the Foundations of Ancient Mathematical Optics: A Source Based by A. Mark Smith (1999)
"On the other hand, as a sentient entity, it is endowed with a certain level of
animacy that permits it to "feel" the color-impression that arouses sight. ..."
3. Reconsidering Children's Early Development and Learning: Toward Common Views by Sharon Lynn Kagan, Evelyn Moore, United States, Sue Bredekamp (1995)
"The structure of these children's dialogues; the quality, complexity, and functions
of the language they used; and such things as concreteness and animacy ..."
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