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Categories: Linguistic typology, Articles with short description, Language
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ergative language  ergative-absolutive language  ergative–absolutive alignment  ergative–absolutive language  Absolutive-ergative language
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A type of language that has an ergative case or in which the direct object of a transitive verb has the same form as the subject of an intransitive verb. Open English WordNet
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A type of language that has an ergative case or in which the direct object of a transitive verb has the same form as the subject of an intransitive verb. Open English WordNet
In linguistic typology, ergative–absolutive alignment is a type of morphosyntactic alignment in which the single argument of an intransitive verb behaves like the object of a transitive verb, and differently from the agent of a transitive verb. Wikipedia
A language in which the subject of an intransitive verb behaves like the object of a transitive verb Wikipedia Disambiguation
Language sharing a certain distinctive pattern relating to the subjects of verbs Wikidata
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An ergative language maintains a syntactic or morphological equivalence (such as the same word order or grammatical case) for the object of a transitive verb and the single core argument of an intransitive verb, while treating the agent of a transitive verb differently. Open English WordNet
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language
HAS INSTANCE
Sumerian
OPPOSITE OF
nominative–accusative alignment
Open English WordNet
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ergative-absolutive language, ergative language
Wikipedia
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ergative–absolutive alignment
Wikidata
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ergative–absolutive language
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Absolutive-ergative language, absolutive–ergative language, ergative-absolute, ergative-absolutive, ergative-absolutive alignment, ergative-absolutive language, Ergative-absolutive languages, Ergative/absolute, Ergative absolute language, Ergative absolute languages, Ergative absolutive, Ergative absolutive language, ergative alignment, ergative language, Ergative vs. absolutive case, ergative–absolutive, ergative–absolutive language, ergativity, syntactic ergativity
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ergative language

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