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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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What is the adjective to agency? Agentic, agentive, or agential?
I am wondering what the proper adjective for the verb agency/the noun agent is. I found agentic, agentive, and agential in scientific and philosophical papers.
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Anonymous agentive That is the only one I am familiar with, so the others must be arcane indeed.
- Anonymous agentive That is the only one I am familiar with, so the others must be arcane indeed.
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AnonymousagentiveThat is the only one I am familiar with, so the others must be arcane indeed.
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Glad you asked the question. I have been looking hard to find an answer too, since it is a key element in my writing.
In Lauren Ahearn's 2001 paper called "Language and Agency", she footnotes "There is no unanimity in the choice of an adjective form for agency. While other writers use agential or agentic, I prefer agentive."
My conclusion is that it depends on the specific t
In Lauren Ahearn's 2001 paper called "Language and Agency", she footnotes "There is no unanimity in the choice of an adjective form for agency. While other writers use agential or agentic, I prefer agentive."
My conclusion is that it depends on the specific t
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