ergativity
noun[U]
languagespecializeduk/ɜː.ɡəˈtɪv.ə.ti/us/ˈɜː˞.ɡəˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/thefactofgrammaticalpatternsbeingergative:
通格性;作格现象Thetermergativity is used todescribeagrammaticalpatternin which thesubjectof anintransitiveclauseistreatedin the same way as theobjectof atransitiveclause.通格性这一术语用来描述一种语法现象,即不及物分句的主语可以用作及物分句的宾语。
Ergativityoccursin only asmallnumberof thelanguagefamiliesofNorthAmerica.作格现象只出现在北美的少数语系中。
- I aminterestedin thetypesof ergativityfoundinlanguagesof theworld.
- Manyimportantpaperswerepublishedon ergativity in awidegeographicalspreadoflanguages.
- Heinvitedme tosubmitapaperon ergativity in Dyirbal.
Linguistics: grammatical terms
- ablative
- apposition
- appositive
- appositively
- attributively
- concord
- countable
- demonstrative
- feminine
- intensifier
- nominative
- particle
- premodifier
- regularity
- singular
- stative
- syntactic
- syntactically
- syntax
- uncountable