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Other Dictionary Entries for "Ergativity"

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	===Other Dictionary Entries for "Ergativity"===		===Other Dictionary Entries for "Ergativity"===
	[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ergativity Wiktionary's Entry for "Ergativity"]		* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ergativity Wiktionary's Entry for "Ergativity"]
	[https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/ergativity Cambridge Dictionary's Entry for "Ergativity"]		* [https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/ergativity Cambridge Dictionary's Entry for "Ergativity"]

	===See also===		===See also===

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	# (linguistics) The property of a grammar's (or, by extension, a language's) being ergative; the attribute of having a grammatical pattern such that the object of a verb that takes an object (like “eat the apple”) is treated the same way as the subject of a verb that does not take an object (like “sleep”), while the doer of the action in a verb that takes an object is treated differently.		# (linguistics) The property of a grammar's (or, by extension, a language's) being ergative; the attribute of having a grammatical pattern such that the object of a verb that takes an object (like “eat the apple”) is treated the same way as the subject of a verb that does not take an object (like “sleep”), while the doer of the action in a verb that takes an object is treated differently.

	* {{#ev:youtube\|20XMhcpSNV0\|Ergativity: The Most Confusing Concept in Linguistics? by Language Jones}}		{{#ev:youtube\|20XMhcpSNV0\|Ergativity: The Most Confusing Concept in Linguistics? by Language Jones}}

	====Coordinate terms====		====Coordinate terms====

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	# (linguistics) The property of a grammar's (or, by extension, a language's) being [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ergative ergative]; the attribute of possessing a grammatical pattern such that the [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/object object] of a [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/transitive transitive] verb is treated the same way as the [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/subject subject] of an [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/intransitive intransitive] one, while the subject of the transitive verb is treated differently.		# (linguistics) The property of a grammar's (or, by extension, a language's) being [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ergative ergative]; the attribute of possessing a grammatical pattern such that the [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/object object] of a [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/transitive transitive] verb is treated the same way as the [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/subject subject] of an [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/intransitive intransitive] one, while the subject of the transitive verb is treated differently.
	# (linguistics) The property of a grammar's (or, by extension, a language's) being ergative; the attribute of having a grammatical pattern such that the object of a verb that takes an object (like “eat the apple”) is treated the same way as the subject of a verb that does not take an object (like “sleep”), while the doer of the action in a verb that takes an object is treated differently.		# (linguistics) The property of a grammar's (or, by extension, a language's) being ergative; the attribute of having a grammatical pattern such that the object of a verb that takes an object (like “eat the apple”) is treated the same way as the subject of a verb that does not take an object (like “sleep”), while the doer of the action in a verb that takes an object is treated differently.

			* {{#ev:youtube\|20XMhcpSNV0\|Ergativity: The Most Confusing Concept in Linguistics? by Language Jones}}

	====Coordinate terms====		====Coordinate terms====

MoribundMurdoch: /* Noun */

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Noun

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	# (linguistics) The property of a grammar's (or, by extension, a language's) being [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ergative ergative]; the attribute of possessing a grammatical pattern such that the [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/object object] of a [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/transitive transitive] verb is treated the same way as the [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/subject subject] of an [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/intransitive intransitive] one, while the subject of the transitive verb is treated differently.		# (linguistics) The property of a grammar's (or, by extension, a language's) being [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ergative ergative]; the attribute of possessing a grammatical pattern such that the [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/object object] of a [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/transitive transitive] verb is treated the same way as the [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/subject subject] of an [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/intransitive intransitive] one, while the subject of the transitive verb is treated differently.
			# (linguistics) The property of a grammar's (or, by extension, a language's) being ergative; the attribute of having a grammatical pattern such that the object of a verb that takes an object (like “eat the apple”) is treated the same way as the subject of a verb that does not take an object (like “sleep”), while the doer of the action in a verb that takes an object is treated differently.

	====Coordinate terms====		====Coordinate terms====

MoribundMurdoch: Created page with "==English== ===Etymology=== From [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ergative ergative] + [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ity -ity]. ===Transliteration Pronunciation=== * Hangul (Korean transliteration): 어거티비티 ===Noun=== '''ergativity''' (uncountable) # (linguistics) The property of a grammar's (or, by extension, a language's) being [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ergative ergative]; the attribute of possessing a grammatical pattern such that the [https://en.w..."

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Created page with "==English== ===Etymology=== From [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ergative ergative] + [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ity -ity]. ===Transliteration Pronunciation=== * Hangul (Korean transliteration): 어거티비티 ===Noun=== '''ergativity''' (uncountable) # (linguistics) The property of a grammar's (or, by extension, a language's) being [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ergative ergative]; the attribute of possessing a grammatical pattern such that the [https://en.w..."

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==English==

===Etymology===
From [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ergative ergative] + [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ity -ity].

===Transliteration Pronunciation===
* Hangul (Korean transliteration): 어거티비티

===Noun===
'''ergativity''' (uncountable)

# (linguistics) The property of a grammar's (or, by extension, a language's) being [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ergative ergative]; the attribute of possessing a grammatical pattern such that the [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/object object] of a [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/transitive transitive] verb is treated the same way as the [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/subject subject] of an [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/intransitive intransitive] one, while the subject of the transitive verb is treated differently.

====Coordinate terms====
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/accusativity accusativity]

====Derived terms====
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/unergativity unergativity]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/split_ergativity split ergativity]

===Other Dictionary Entries for "Ergativity"===
[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ergativity Wiktionary's Entry for "Ergativity"]
[https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/ergativity Cambridge Dictionary's Entry for "Ergativity"]

===See also===
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/absolutive_case absolutive case]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/accusativity accusativity]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ergative_case ergative case]

===Further reading===
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ergative%E2%80%93absolutive_language Ergative–absolutive language]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative%E2%80%93accusative_language Nominative–accusative language]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morphosyntactic_alignment Morphosyntactic alignment]