Ergativity: Difference between revisions
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..." |
|||
| Line 11: | Line 11: | ||
# (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==== | ||
Revision as of 11:37, 3 May 2026
English
Etymology
Transliteration Pronunciation
- Hangul (Korean transliteration): 어거티비티
Noun
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.
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Other Dictionary Entries for "Ergativity"
Wiktionary's Entry for "Ergativity" Cambridge Dictionary's Entry for "Ergativity"