Japan fans may like the article "Ergativity and Bare Nominals in Early Old Japanese."
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Ergativity
//ɜː(ɹ)ɡəˈtɪv.ɪ.ti//
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Dutch
1 entries- ergativiteit noun (linguistics: structuring property of grammar)
Finnish
1 entries- ergatiivisuus noun (linguistics: structuring property of grammar)
German
1 entries- Ergativität noun (linguistics: structuring property of grammar)
Italian
1 entries- ergatività noun (linguistics: structuring property of grammar)
Polish
1 entries- gramatyka ergatywna noun (linguistics: structuring property of grammar)
Spanish
1 entries- ergatividad noun (linguistics: structuring property of grammar)
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Enthusiasts of Japanese culture may enjoy the article "Ergativity and Bare Nouns in Early Old Japanese."
Source: tatoeba (13593678)
We can speak of ergative/absolutive organization whenever intransitive subjects pattern with transitive objects (to the exclusion of transitive subjects). So defined, ergativity is independent of case marking and has many linguistic manifestations, some being observable in any given language. At the same time, ergativity competes with accusativity even in languages where it represents the predominant pattern.
Source: wiktionary
Ergativity is thus complementary to the familiar grammatical pattern of accusativity, in which one case (nominative) marks both intransitive and transitive subject, with another case (accusative) being employed for transitive object.
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