ERGATIVE


Meaning of ERGATIVE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɜ:(r)gətɪv ]

An ergative verb is a verb that can be both transitive and intransitive, where the subject of the intransitive verb is the same as the object of the transitive verb. For example, ‘open’ is an ergative verb because you can say ‘The door opened’ or ‘She opened the door’.

ADJ

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