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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=== | ||
Latest revision as of 11:43, 3 May 2026
English
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[edit | edit source]- Hangul (Korean transliteration): 어거티비티
Noun
[edit | edit source]ergativity (uncountable)
- (linguistics) The property of a grammar's (or, by extension, a language's) being ergative; the attribute of possessing a grammatical pattern such that the object of a transitive verb is treated the same way as the subject of an 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.