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ergative
ergative, a. Gram. (ˈɜːgətɪv) [f. Gr. ἐργάτης workman + -ive.] In full ergative case. A term used of a grammatical case marking the subject of a transitive verb in languages such as Eskimo, Basque, and some others. Also ellipt.1943 J. Marouzeau Lexique Terminol. Linguistique (ed. 2) 89 Ergatif (Erga... Oxford English Dictionary
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Ergative
The term ergative is used in grammar in three different meanings: Ergative case, the grammatical case of the subject of a transitive verb in an ergative-absolutive language Ergative–absolutive language, a language in which the subject of an intransitive verb behaves like the object of a transitive verb Ergative wikipedia.org
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Ergative–absolutive alignment
In the second sentence, which shows ergative alignment, the root is marked with the ergative suffix . have ergative syntax. wikipedia.org
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which type of sentence is an ergative one?
In grammar, the ergative case is the grammatical case that identifies the noun as the agent of a transitive verb. In ergative–absolutive languages, the case
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Ergative-genitive case
In grammar, the ergative-genitive case (abbreviated ) is a grammatical case which combines the senses of the ergative case and the genitive case, transmitting wikipedia.org
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Split ergativity
In split ergative languages, some constructions pattern with nominative–accusative, and others with ergative–absolutive. In certain Tibeto-Burmese languages, elicited data has consistent ergative, aspectually split-ergative or active-stative case marking pattern, and in natural wikipedia.org
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Absolutive case
In ergative–absolutive languages In languages with ergative–absolutive alignment, the absolutive is the case used to mark both the subject of an intransitive It contrasts with the marked ergative case, which marks the subject of a transitive verb. wikipedia.org
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Nominative–absolutive alignment
There are no elements which pattern as ergative or accusative in this type of clauses in Canela. embedded clause, headed by the lexical verb) as monoclausal, with the loss of the ergative. wikipedia.org
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(PDF) Ergative marking in Nyagrong-Minyag (Xinlong, Sichuan) - ResearchGate
7 The Chinese name is 博美乡 Bomeixiang. Hiroyuki Suzuki . 36. This language is generally regarded as a variety of one language called "Ergong 8," "Horpa 9 " or "Daofu ...
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Aghul language
All cases other than the absolutive (which is unmarked) and ergative take the ergative suffix before their own suffix. Thus idžed "good", ergative, idžedi, etc. -n, -s; pl. idžedar; but Idže insandi hhuč qini "The good man killed the wolf" (subject in ergative case). wikipedia.org
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Syntactic pivot
In ergative–absolutive languages, the syntactic pivot may be the argument marked with the absolutive case but not always so since ergative languages are often not "pure" and show a mixed behaviour (they can have ergative morphology and accusative syntax). wikipedia.org
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Tripartite alignment
An example of the latter would be Nez Perce, which lacks ergative marking in the first and second person. Ergative, passive, and antipassive in Nez Perce. In Passive and Voice, ed. M. Shibatani, 547–560. wikipedia.org
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Morphosyntactic alignment
Basque is an ergative–absolutive system (or simply ergative). The name stemmed from the ergative and absolutive cases. Ergative–absolutive (or ergative) alignment treats an intransitive argument like a transitive O argument (S = O; A separate) (see ergative–absolutive language wikipedia.org
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Djaru language
The term 'ergative' refers to a category within ergative-absolutive declension wherein objects of transitive sentences and subjects of intransitive sentences Examples of the ergative-absolutive system for nouns in Djaru can be found in Tsunoda 1981: (Free pronouns also display an ergative-absolutive case system wikipedia.org
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Lezgian language
Adelative case (ending -вай [-vaj]; added to the Ergative): expresses movement from somewhere. Subessive case (ending -к [-k]; added to the Ergative): means either 'below' or 'participates'. wikipedia.org
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