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Ellipsis of ergative case (“a grammatical case used to indicate the agent of a transitive verb in ergative-absolutive languages”). / An ergative verb or other expression.

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Source Word

ergative

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈɜːɡətɪv/

Noun

abbreviation alt-of ellipsis

Japanese Meaning

エルガティブ格：転移動詞の行為者を示すためにエルガティブ‐アブソリュート言語で用いられる文法的格（“ergative case”）の省略形としての意味。 / エルガティブ表現：エルガティブ動詞やそれに類する表現としての意味。

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Field linguists noted that the ergative often disappears in rapid speech, leaving listeners to infer the agent from context.

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現地言語学者たちは、他動詞の動作主を示す格の省略が速い話し方でしばしば起こり、聞き手は文脈から動作主を推測する必要があると指摘した。

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Ellipsis of ergative case (“a grammatical case used to indicate the agent of a transitive verb in ergative-absolutive languages”).

Samoan, for example, differs from the usual pattern displayed by split ergative languages in that the appearance of the ergative is grounded in sociolinguistic factors as well as syntactic ones. The more formal register of Samoan requires the ergative on all postverbal transitive subjects. The less formal register allows the ergative not to be expressed at all.

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