In [[linguistics]], a '''cognate object''' (oralso known as a '''cognate accusative''' or an '''internal accusative'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Accusative Case {{!}} Department of Classics |url=https://classics.osu.edu/Undergraduate-Studies/Latin-Program/Grammar/Cases/accusative-case |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=classics.osu.edu}}</ref>) is a [[verb]]'s [[object (grammar)|object]] thatwhich is etymologically related to the verb. More specifically, the verb is one that is ordinarily [[intransitive]] (lacking any object), and the cognate object is simply the verb's [[noun]] form. For example, in the sentence ''He slept a troubled sleep'', ''sleep'' is the cognate object of the verb ''slept''. This construction also has a passive form. The passive is ''A troubled sleep was slept by him.'' Cognate objects exist in many languages, including various unrelated ones, including [[Ancient Greek]], [[Arabic]], [[Chichewa language|Chichewa]], [[English language|English]], [[German language|German]],<ref>[[Herbert Weir Smyth]]. ''A Greek grammar for colleges''. page 355, section 1563: cognate accusative</ref> [[Hebrew]], [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]], [[Japanese language|Japanese]], [[Korean language|Korean]], [[Latin]],<ref>Joseph Henry Allen, [[James B. Greenough|James Bradstreet Greenough]]. ''New Latin grammar for schools and colleges''. p. 243, section 390: cognate accusative.</ref> and [[Russian language|Russian]].<ref>[https://linguistlist.org/issues/9/9-1757/ Linguist list]</ref>
==Examples==
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*''He laughed a bitter laugh.'' (He laughed bitterly.)
*''He dreamed a strange dream.'' (He dreamed, and his dream was strange.)
(That seems to be the only example that has a more natural-sounding equivalent that would be used in everyday conversation: ''"He had a strange dream."'')
*''He walked their walk and talked their talk.'' (He walked and talked as they did.)
*''He smiled a charming smile.'' (He smiled, and his smile was charming.)
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==See also==
* [[Antanaclasis]]
*[[Pleonasm]] (the use of more words than necessary to express an idea)▼
* [[Figura etymologica]]
*[[Polyptoton]] (a stylistic scheme in which words derived from the same root are repeated)▼
* [[Hendiadys]]
* [[Legal doublet]]
* [[Merism]]
▲* [[Pleonasm]] (the use of more words than necessary to express an idea)
▲* [[Polyptoton]] (a stylistic scheme in which words derived from the same root are repeated)
