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Agentive language — AQA GCSE Psychology Definition

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GCSE Psychology · key term

Agentive language

Definition

Wording that identifies the person or thing responsible for an action, such as ‘She broke the vase’.

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AQA GCSE Psychology · 8182

Paper 2

Both can describe the same accident, but the first identifies the person responsible. This is agentive language. The second focuses on what happened to the object without naming the person.
Revise: Language, Thought, and Worldview

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