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  2. Ergative case - Wikipedia

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    The final ke 4 𒆀 is the composite of -k (genitive case) and -e (ergative case). [ 1 ] In grammar , the ergative case ( abbreviated erg ) is the grammatical case that identifies a nominal phrase [ 2 ] as the agent of a transitive verb in ergative–absolutive languages .

  3. Grammatical case - Wikipedia

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    Ergative–absolutive (or simply ergative): The argument (subject) of an intransitive verb is in the same case as the patient (direct object) of a transitive verb; this case is then called the absolutive case, with the agent (subject) of a transitive verb being in the ergative case. Ergative–accusative (or tripartite): The argument (subject ...

  4. List of grammatical cases - Wikipedia

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    ^† This case is called lokál in Czech and Slovak, miejscownik in Polish, місцСвий (miscevý) in Ukrainian and мСсны (miesny) in Belarusian; these names imply that this case also covers locative case. ^‡ The prepositional case in Scottish Gaelic is classically referred to as a dative case. Vocative case

  5. Case role - Wikipedia

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    Precise description of the above cases vary cross-linguistically. Ergative case. It has been suggested that the lexical case associated with agents is the ergative (ERG) lexical case: it identifies the noun as a subject of a transitive verb in languages that allow ergative case. The correlation demonstrated between the ergative case and the ...

  6. Ergative - Wikipedia

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    Ergative case, the grammatical case of the subject of a transitive verb in an ergative-absolutive language; Ergative–absolutive language, a language in which the subject of an intransitive verb behaves like the object of a transitive verb; Ergative verb, a verb whose subject when intransitive corresponds to its direct object when transitive

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  9. Split ergativity - Wikipedia

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    For example, in the following Inuktitut sentences, the subject 'the woman' is in ergative case (arnaup) when occurring with a transitive verb, while the object 'the apple' (aapu) is in absolutive case. In the intransitive sentence, the subject 'the woman' arnaq is in absolutive case. [2] Arnaup nirijanga aapu. 'The woman is eating the apple.'