Abstract Some languages tend to derive intransitive verbs from transitive verbs, while others tend to derive transitive verbs from intransitive verbs. In this paper, we will argue that Teotitlán Zapotec, an Otomanguean language spoken in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, represents an extreme case of a transitivizing language: the transitive counterpart is almost always morphologically more complex, not only in the anticausative/causative alternations, but also in passive/active alternations, thus, an ‘activizing’ language.

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Teotitlán Zapotec：一种“激活”的语言

摘要 一些语言倾向于从及物动词派生不及物动词，而另一些语言倾向于从不及物动词派生及物动词。在本文中，我们将论证 Teotitlán Zapotec，一种在墨西哥瓦哈卡州使用的 Otomanguean 语言，代表了及物化语言的一个极端案例：及物对应物几乎总是在形态上更复杂，不仅在反因果/使役交替中，而且在被动/主动交替中，因此是一种“激活”语言。