Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013 @ 12:10PM
Ergative Case
A case given to a subject NP (though the notion of “subject” is controversial) when a sentence has a transitive verb in languages that use the Ergative-Absolutive case-making system. (syntax)
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013 @ 12:10PM
Ergative-Absolutive Case-Marking System
The sole argument of an intransitive sentence (S) and the theme argument of the transitive sentence (P) receive the same case marking, Absolutive, whereas the agent argument of a transitive sentence (A) is marked differently as Ergative. (syntax)
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