ergative
adjective
/ˈɜːɡətɪv/
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/ˈɝɡətɪv/
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[-ɾɪv]
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- (grammar) With the subject of a transitive construction having grammatical cases or thematic relations different from those of an intransitive construction.
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ergatief
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ergative
noun
/ˈɜːɡətɪv/
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/ˈɝɡətɪv/
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[-ɾɪv]
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- (grammar) An ergative verb or other expression.
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ergatief
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ergativity
noun
/ɜː(ɹ)ɡəˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/
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- (linguistics) The property of a grammar's (or, by extension, a language's) being ergative; the attribute of possessing a grammatical pattern such that the object of a transitive verb is treated the same way as the subject of an intransitive one, while the subject of the transitive verb is treated differently.
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ergativiteit
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