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An ergative–absolutive language (or simply an ergative language) is a language that treats the argument ("subject") of an intransitive verb like the object of a transitive verb, but distinctly fro...
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Ergative verb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In linguistics, an ergative verb is a verb that can be either transitive or intransitive, and whose subject when intransitive corresponds to its direct object when transitive. In English, most verbs...
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Ergative case - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The ergative case is the grammatical case that identifies the subject of a transitive verb in ergative-absolutive languages. In such languages, the ergative case is typically marked (most salient), ...
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Ergative Verbs - Definition of 'Ergative Verbs' from our glossary of English linguistic and grammatical terms containing explanations and cross-references to other relevant English grammar terms. ... Term: Ergative Verbs...
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ergative (not comparable) ... (grammar) of a verb which is an ergative verb ... the ergative case...
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Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary ... This category contains English ergative verbs: English verbs that, when used with no object, automatically changes the subject into the object ... Categories: English verbs | Ergative verbs by language...
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Ergative: Of or relating to a language, such as Georgian, in which the subject of an intransitive verb and the object of a transitive verb is expressed by one grammatical case, and the subject of a transitive verb is expressed by another. ... En outre, la technologie de l'hypertexte encourage une lecture ergative,
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WHAT IS AN ERGATIVE VERB? ... Formally, an ergative verb is “a verb that can be either transitive or intransitive, and whose subject when intransitive corresponds to its direct object when transitive.” (Wikipedia) ... HOW TO TELL WHETHER A VERB IS ERGATIVE...
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Ergative case is the case of nouns in ergative-absolutive languages that would generally be the subjects of transitive verbs in the translation equivalents of nominative-accusative languages such as English. ... Concept module: ergative case...
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I argue against the assumption that ergative patterns share some underlying syntactic commonality, based on evidence that, in verbal agreements systems, the source of “ergativity” or “split ergativity” may originate in the morpho-phonology, rather than the assignment of Case in the syntax.
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