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SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)
SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)
"Ergative" Definition
noun
A nominal having an ergative form.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
An ergative inflection.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
The ergative case.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
adjective
Of or relating to a language, such as Georgian, in which the subject of an intransitive verb and the object of a transitive verb is expressed by one grammatical case, and the subject of a transitive verb is expressed by another.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Of or relating to the grammatical case of the subject of a transitive verb in such a language.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Of, relating to, or being a language (as Inuit or Georgian) in which the objects of transitive verbs and subjects of intransitive verbs are typically marked by the same linguistic forms.
Source: Merriam-Webster
Being an inflectional morpheme that typically marks the subject of a transitive verb in an ergative language.
Source: Merriam-Webster
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