Expertlatin
An ergative verb is a verb that can be both transitive and intransitive, where the subject of the intransitive verb is the same as the object of the transitive verb. For example, ' open' is an ergative verb because you can say 'The door opened' or 'She opened the door'.
- What is ergative case in linguistics?
- What are the examples of ergative-absolutive?
- What is an ergative case marker?
- Does English have ergative?
- How do you know if a language is ergative?
- What is the difference between absolute and ergative?
- What is ergative language examples?
- What is the difference between nominative and ergative?
- What word order are ergative languages?
- What is an ergative pair?
- What is ergative language examples?
- What is the difference between nominative and ergative?
- What is ergative structure?
- What are the 4 cases in English?
- What is an ergative pair?
- Is Mandarin an ergative language?
- Is Hindi an ergative language?
What is ergative case in linguistics?
ergative case (usually uncountable, plural ergative cases) (grammar) A grammatical case used to indicate the agent of a transitive verb in ergative-absolutive languages.
What are the examples of ergative-absolutive?
Some examples of ergative-absolutive languages include Basque, Georgian, Mayan, Tibetan, Tagalog and the Kurdish language.
What is an ergative case marker?
In grammar, the ergative case (abbreviated erg) is the grammatical case that identifies a nominal phrase as the agent of a transitive verb in ergative–absolutive languages.
Does English have ergative?
An ergative verb in English is an intransitive verb with a passive meaning that alternates with a transitive verb with active meaning. An ergative verb can have a subject that is an UNDERGOER but without being in the passive form. This is the case with sink/sank/sunk.
How do you know if a language is ergative?
2.1 Morphological ergativity
A language is said to be morphologically ergative if S and O appear in the same case while a special case is assigned to A. The marked case which A receives in such a system is called ergative (ERG), while the case assigned to O and S is traditionally called absolutive (ABS).
What is the difference between absolute and ergative?
In languages with ergative–absolutive alignment, the absolutive is the case used to mark both the subject of an intransitive verb and the object of a transitive verb in addition to being used for the citation form of a noun. It contrasts with the marked ergative case, which marks the subject of a transitive verb.
What is ergative language examples?
Some verbs are ergative with only a few nouns: catch: dress, coat, clothes, trousers, etc. fire: gun, pistol, rifle, rocket, etc. play: music, guitar, piano, CD, DVD, etc.
What is the difference between nominative and ergative?
When there's only one noun, is it marked like a subject, or like an object? If it's marked like a subject, you have a nominative-accusative language. If it's marked like an object, you have an ergative-absolutive language. In English, "he" is the subject form.
What word order are ergative languages?
Ergative languages tend to be either verb-final or verb-initial; there are few, if any, ergative SVO-languages.
What is an ergative pair?
An ergative verb pair occurs in English where there are a pair of related verbs, where one is (generally) an intransitive verb, and another is (generally) transitive verb meaning to cause (1) to happen.
What is ergative language examples?
Some verbs are ergative with only a few nouns: catch: dress, coat, clothes, trousers, etc. fire: gun, pistol, rifle, rocket, etc. play: music, guitar, piano, CD, DVD, etc.
What is the difference between nominative and ergative?
When there's only one noun, is it marked like a subject, or like an object? If it's marked like a subject, you have a nominative-accusative language. If it's marked like an object, you have an ergative-absolutive language. In English, "he" is the subject form.
What is ergative structure?
In grammar and morphology, ergative is a verb that can be used in a construction in which the same noun phrase can serve as a subject when the verb is intransitive, and as a direct object when the verb is transitive. In general, ergative verbs tend to communicate a change of state, position, or movement.
What are the 4 cases in English?
It is agreed that there is no "Ablative" in English (although there is an "Instrumental Case") but English grammars often keep the Dative in addition to the Accusative, thereby creating the following four cases: Nominative, Genitive, Dative, Accusative.
What is an ergative pair?
An ergative verb pair occurs in English where there are a pair of related verbs, where one is (generally) an intransitive verb, and another is (generally) transitive verb meaning to cause (1) to happen.
Is Mandarin an ergative language?
Chinese is neither an ergative nor accusative language.
Is Hindi an ergative language?
Hindi is a split ergative language with a rich morphological case system. Subjects of transitive perfective predicates are marked with ergative case (-ne). Human specific direct objects, indirect objects, and dative subjects are marked with the particle -ko.
