ergative
adjective
languagespecializeduk/ˈɜː.ɡə.tɪv/us/ˈɜː˞.ɡə.t̬ɪv/used to refer to averbthat can betransitive(= used with anobject)orintransitive(= used without anobject), with theobjectof thetransitiveverbused as thesubjectof theintransitiveverb. Forexample,closeis an ergativeverb(Iclosedthedoor| Thedoorclosed):
(动词)通格的(当一个动词作及物动词时,它的宾语与它用作不及物动词时的主语相同,此动词即为通格的。如:close 就是一个通格动词。(I closed the door. The door closed.)Ergativeverbsare bothtransitiveandintransitive.通格动词既是及物动词又是不及物动词。
asentencein which themainverbis ergative主要动词是一个通格动词的句子
used to refer to atypeofnounin which thepersonwho does anactionis theobjectof theverbratherthan thesubject:
作格的Grammaticalfeaturessuch as ergativepronounscan bedetected.作格代词等语法特征可以被检测到。
Ergative is thecasemarkingtransitivesubject.作格是标记及物主语的格。
- He told me these unusual-lookinggrammaticalpatternsI haduncoveredwere ergative.
- NoAfricanlanguageisknownto have ergativecharacteristics.
- Thelanguageis said to have ergativesyntax.
Linguistics: grammatical terms
- ablative
- apposition
- appositive
- appositively
- attributively
- concord
- countable
- demonstrative
- feminine
- intensifier
- nominative
- particle
- premodifier
- regularity
- singular
- stative
- syntactic
- syntactically
- syntax
- uncountable
ergative
noun[C]
languagespecializeduk/ˈɜː.ɡə.tɪv/us/ˈɜː˞.ɡə.t̬ɪv/an ergativeverb:
通格动词Theverb"capsize" is an ergative.动词“capsize”是一个通格动词。
Do notconfuseergatives with passives.不要混淆作格与被动。
- Ergatives can be usedtransitively(Thestormsanktheship) as well asintransitively(Theshipsank).
- InEnglish, theobjectof an ergative has to bemovedtosubjectposition.
Linguistics: grammatical terms
- ablative
- apposition
- appositive
- appositively
- attributively
- concord
- countable
- demonstrative
- feminine
- intensifier
- nominative
- particle
- premodifier
- regularity
- singular
- stative
- syntactic
- syntactically
- syntax
- uncountable