Unergativity

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state or property of being unergative. uncountable

    "Unergativity/unaccusativity is perhaps the most famous split in linguistics."

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"Unergativity/unaccusativity is perhaps the most famous split in linguistics."

Etymology

From un- + ergativity.

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