ergativity

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ergativity

Tendency of a language to pair the subject, or agent, of an intransitive verb with the object, or patient, of a transitive verb. This contrasts with the situation in nominative-accusative languages such as Latin or English, in which the subjects of both transitive and intransitive verbs are paired grammatically and distinguished from the object of a transitive verb. Languages or language families that display ergativity to varying degrees include Sumerian, Caucasian languages, Eskimo-Aleut, Maya, Australian Aboriginal languages, and many American Indian languages.

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No references found			Therefore here only cases of morphologically marked ergativity will be discussed. Unmarked object in the Uralic languages. A diachronic typological ... by Havas, Ferenc / Linguistica Uralica The ergative constructions exhibit a pattern of split ergativity based on a person hierarchy. The Structure of Kiranti Languages: Comparative Grammar and Texts by Rapacha, Lal / Contributions to Nepalese Studies Alexander 1995 Problems of definiteness and ergativity in Embaloh. Bibliography by Borneo Research Bulletin			Ereshkigal Erethizontidae Eretria ereuthophobia EREW PRAM Erewhon ERFPI Erfurt Erfurt Convention of 1808 Erfurt Program Erg Erga Ergak-Targak-Taiga Ergaki Ergaliev, Khamid Ergard Britske Ergard Viktorovich Britske Ergash Dzhumanbulbul-Ogly Ergasilidae Ergasteria Ergasterion ergastic Ergastoplasm Ergastulum Ergative Construction ergativity Ergeni Ergjj ERGO-Shell ergodic Ergodic Hypothesis Ergodic Theory ergodic transformation Ergograph Ergometer ergon ergonometrics ergonomic ergonomic glove ergonomic keyboard Ergonomics Ergonovine ergoregion ergosphere ergosterin Ergosterol Ergot Ergot and ergotism Ergotal ergotamine ergotinine			Ergal Ergaliev, Khamid Ergamisol Ergard Britske Ergard Viktorovich Britske ERGAS Ergash Dzhumanbulbul-Ogly ergasia Ergasilidae Ergasilus Ergasilus sieboldi ergasiomania Ergasiophobia Ergasiophobia Ergaster Ergasteria Ergasterion ergastic ergastoplasm ergastoplasm ergastoplasm Ergastulum Ergat ergative ergative Ergative Construction Ergative-absolutive language ergatives ergativity Ergatocracy ERGATT ERGC ERGEG ERGEIS Ergenekon Terör Örgütü Ergeni ERGFC ERGFCDS ERGFCS ERGFL ERGHO ERGIC Erging Erging Erging Ergjj ERGM Ergmeter ERGMS ergo ergo ergo Ergo propter hoc ergo- ERGO-Shell ergocalciferol ergocalciferol ergocalciferol vitamin ergocalciferol vitamin

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