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ergative-absolutive
Adjective
not-comparable
Japanese Meaning
文法的用語として、他動詞の場合、能動的な作用者(主語)と区別され、自動詞の単一の引数が他動詞の目的語と同様の扱いを受ける言語構造を指す。 / すなわち、自動詞の主語が、他動詞の目的語と類似して振る舞い、作用者とは異なる役割を果たす言語の文法体系に関する概念。
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(grammar) Being or relating to a language where the single argument (subject) of an intransitive verb behaves like the object of a transitive verb, and differently from the agent of a transitive verb.
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ergative-absolutive
Linguists often debate whether Basque truly exhibits an ergative-absolutive alignment in its verb agreement.
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Linguists often debate whether Basque truly exhibits an ergative-absolutive alignment in its verb agreement.
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